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.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 126 Materials malaxated in honey. 1755 in Johnson. 1853 A. 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.
| 1735 Ferguson in Phil. Trans. XL. 426 The Abdomen was stuped twice a Day.., and after stuping it was always malaxated with an emollient Liniment. |