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Webster 1913 Edition

Emaciate

E-ma′ci-ate

,
Verb.
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.

E-ma′ci-ate

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

E-ma′ci-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
emaciatus
, p. p.]
Emaciated.
“Emaciate steeds.”
T. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emaciate

EMA'CIATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. emacio, from maceo, or macer, lean; Gr. small; Eng. meager, meek.] To lose flesh gradually; to become lean by pining with sorrow, or by loss of appetite or other cause; to waste away, as flesh; to decay in flesh.

EMA'CIATE

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to lose flesh gradually; to waste the flesh and reduce to leanness.
Sorrow, anxiety, want of appetite, and disease, often emaciate the most robust bodies.

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