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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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