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macero

Pronunciation: [ˈmaː.kɛ.roː]

“macero” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping
  2. to weaken, waste away
  3. to vex, torment, distress
  4. to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)
  5. to torture

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”).

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