macerate

To start, macerate the tomatoes in sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and cornstarch, then drain the excess juices in a separate bowl.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022

You might even prefer to macerate fresh berries and use them in place of the compote.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021

Pour sugar over apricots and let stand for a few hours to macerate.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020

On the extreme end, Gravner and Radikon macerate for many months, depending on the vintage.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2020

They macerate and digest the leaves, and aid in mixing the decomposed matter with the surface soil.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Juice from the white grapes macerates with the skins as with red wines, absorbing tannins and pigment depending on the length of the maceration.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022

It was labeled “skin contact,” indicated the white was made like a red, in which the grape juice macerates with the pigment-laden skins before and during fermentation.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

W. C. Fields, looking worn-&-torn but as noble as Stone Mountain, macerates a boozy song around his cigar butt and puts on his achingly funny pool exhibition with warped cues.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hair-cloth that macerates her flesh is her chosen garment.

From Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James

A believer who flagellates or "macerates" himself today arouses more wonder and fear than emulation.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

She ran in place, holding hands with her stepmother, who kept slipping on the macerated mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Sitting in the clubhouse, a still soaked MacIntyre gawped at the TV screen, clattered his macerated hands together in applause, and mouthed "wow" as his dream died.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

The secret plant parts are macerated and then aged with pure distilled alcohol in oak barrels for five years before being bottled.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

Rhubarb in its raw form has an extremely tart flavor, which is why it's usually macerated with sugar and lemon juice and served with a juicy sweet berry.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2022

As she confided in her diary, the breakup of her previous engagement had left her “mangled and torn and castigated and macerated in soul.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

As with the other two wines, the color was achieved by macerating the red grapes with their skins just long enough to reach the desired shades.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

Then, “for about 16 hours, I’m just basically macerating the coconut flesh in that distillate,” Thrasher says.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021

Other methods exist, notably vapor infusion, whereby the botanicals, rather than macerating in the alcohol and water, are hung above, in sieves or baskets, through which the steam ascends.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019

“It goes with everything; it’s refreshing, it gets better with a few days macerating time, it’s soft and crunchy, it’s healthy,” Kreuther says.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2019

Meanwhile Bela was macerating some leaves she had brought.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert