This it does in three ways: by making it taste better; by softening it so as to make it more easily Masticated; and by sterilizing it, or destroying any germs or animal parasites which may be in it.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
At every meal she remarked on it and one day said at dinner: 'This is veal, Mr. Kean, and should be thoroughly Masticated.
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed
Philo Gubb took another bite of sandwich and Masticated it slowly.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler