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- Latin · borrowed frommalaxātus
- English todaymalaxate
From Latin malaxātus, perfect passive participle of malaxō (“to knead, malaxate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French malaxer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
malaxate
Today it means: to soften, especially by kneading with the hands Full definition →
Latin malaxātus