Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emaciate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Emaciated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Emaciating}.] [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}.]
To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away
in flesh. ``He emaciated and pined away.'' --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t.
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his
sickness emaciated him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Emaciated. ``Emaciate steeds.'' --T. Warton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
emaciate
v 1: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
[syn: {waste}, {macerate}]
2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated
during the chemotherapy"
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