n. [ See Aceric. ] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. To convert into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cancerated. ] [ LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer. ] To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ceratum, ceratm, fr. cera wax. ] (Med.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ L. ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera wax. ] Covered with wax. [ 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. To liberate from prison. [ R. ] Harvey. [ 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. Eviscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating ] [ L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera. ] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate. ] 1. To ulcerate. [ Obs. ] “To exulcerate the lungs.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exulceratus, p. p. ] Very sore; ulcerated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of glyceric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incarcerated p. pr. & vb. n. Incarcerating ] [ Pref. in- in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr. carcer prison. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imprisoned. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inviscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Inviscerating. ] [ L. invisceratus, p. p. of inviscerare to put into the entrails. See Viscera. ] To breed; to nourish. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. invisceratus, p. p. ] Deep-seated; internal. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 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 ]

n. One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Ulcerated p. pr. & vb. n. Ulcerating. ] [ L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr. ulcus ulcer. ] To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Viscerated p. pr. & vb. n. Viscerating. ] To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel. [ 1913 Webster ]