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malaxate, v.|ˈmælækseɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. malaxāre, ad. Gr. µαλάσσειν, to make soft, related to µαλακός soft: see -ate.]
1. trans. To knead to softness; to make soft by mixing or rubbing.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 126 Materials malaxated in honey. 1755in Johnson. 1853A. Soyer Pantroph. 172 As soon as it has been malaxated..it is put into brown freestone pots.
†2. To soften by means of an emollient. Obs.
1735Ferguson in Phil. Trans. XL. 426 The Abdomen was stuped twice a Day.., and after stuping it was always malaxated with an emollient Liniment. |