EMACIATE

emaciate

(verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically; “She emaciated during the chemotherapy”

waste, emaciate, macerate

(verb) cause to grow thin or weak; “The treatment emaciated him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)

(transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.

(intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

Adjective

emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate)

emaciated

Source: Wiktionary

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E*ma"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.]

Definition: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

E*ma"ci*ate, v. t.

Definition: To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

E*ma"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]

Definition: Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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