E*ma"ci*ate (?), a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T.
Warton.
E*ma"ci*ate , v. t. To cause to waste away in
flesh and become very lean; as, his
sickness emaciated him.
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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