macerate
v. UK //mˈæsəɹˌeɪt// mac·er·ate
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European mag-, mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.