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a. Acerose; needle-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dilacerated p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating ] [ L. dilaceratus, p. p. of dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear. ] To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft. ] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lacerated p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating ] [ L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. &unr_; a rent, rending, &unr_; to tear; perh. akin to E. slay. ] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } p. a. [ L. laceratus, p. p. ] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

By each other's fury lacerate Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. torn roughly; -- of skin.
Syn. -- mangled, torn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Macerated p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating. ] [ L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. &unr_; to knead. ] 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [ Obs. or R. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]