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e·ma·ci·ate

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–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

[Origin: 1640–50; < L émaciātus, wasted away, equiv. to é- e- + maciātus, ptp. of maciāre to produce leanness (maci(és) leanness + -ātus -ate¹)

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e·ma·ci·ate Audio Help (ĭ-mā'shē-āt') Pronunciation Key
tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates
To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.

[Latin ēmaciāre, ēmaciāt- : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + maciāre, to make thin; see māk- in Indo-European roots.]

e·ma'ci·a'tion n.

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emaciate

1646, from L. emaciatus, pp. of emaciare "make lean, waste away," from ex- "out" + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-).

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emaciate
verb
1.	cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" [syn: waste]
2.	grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

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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.

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Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

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Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." --T. Warton.

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