| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mar·i·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m r  -n t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: mar·i·nat·ed, mar·i·nat·ing, mar·i·nates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To soak (meat, for example) in a marinade. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become marinated. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably from Italian marinato, past participle of marinare, to marinate. See marinade. | | OTHER FORMS: | mari·nation —NOUN
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