marinate

verb

soak food, typically meat or fish, in a mixture of oil, acid (such as vinegar or lemon juice), spices, and/or herbs to add flavor and tenderize the meat before cooking

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/

adj

Etymology: First attested in 1645; adapted from either French mariner or the earlier attested Italian marinare (“to pickle, marinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Late Latin marina (“brine, salt water”), short for aqua marina (“sea water”), from Latin marinus (“marine, of the sea”), from Latin mare (“the sea”) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“the sea”).

Marinated.

verb

To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
“You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.”
“After the chicken has marinated for two hours, discard the remaining marinade.”
To allow a substance to be absobed into the hair or scalp.
“oblucy: "vinegar... to marinate the scalp... oil... to lubricate the scalp..."”
“Let your scalp marinate while you shave.”
Of a substance, to absorb into the hair or scalp.
“a rejuvenating oil you use to saturate your hair and let it marinate from 15 minutes to 2 hours”
“[...] hair rather than the scalp, but as always, experiment. You can also play around with how long you leave the mixture on your head — some people have better results after letting the ACV marinate for a few minutes.”
Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time.
Especially of a haircut, to settle in and for one to get used to it.
“It's not a bad haircut! You just got to let it marinate!”