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e⋅ma⋅ci⋅ate

  [i-mey-shee-eyt]
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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 ēmaciātus, wasted away, equiv. to ē- e- + maciātus, ptp. of maciāre to produce leanness (maci(ēs) leanness + -ātus -ate 1 )
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e·ma·ci·ate   (ĭ-mā'shē-āt')   
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

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.

Emaciate

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

Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." --T. Warton.
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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-).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ema·ci·ate
Pronunciation: i-'mA-shE-"At
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
transitivesenses
: to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin emaciate intransitive senses
: to waste away physically
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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