MASTICATE

PRONUNCIATION: (MAS-ti-kayt)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.:
1. To chew.
2. To reduce to pulp by crushing and grinding.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin masticare (to chew), from Greek mastikhan (to gnash the teeth). Earliest documented use: 1562. A synonym of this word is fletcherize.

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MASTICASTE - Brahmin

MASSICATE
1. wholesale drying
2. a very dry Catholic religious service

MASTICALE
1. vegetables grown in the Crow's Nest
2. this beer tastes like glue

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