EMACIATES

Verb

emaciates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emaciate

Source: Wiktionary


EMACIATE

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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