{ Lac"er*ate (?), Lac"er*a`ted (?), } p.
a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1.Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
By each other's fury lacerate
Southey.
2.(Bot. & Zoöl.)Jagged, or
slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
Lac"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p.Lacerated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n.Lacerating (?>).] [L. laceratus, p. p.
of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated;
cf. Gr. ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E.
slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to
mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to
torture; as, to lacerate the heart.