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1. (v.t.) emaciate
to make abnormally thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L ēmaciātus, ptp. of ēmaciāre=ē-e - +-maciāre, der. of maciēs leanness, wasted state)
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1. (verb) waste, emaciate, macerate
cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him"
2. (verb) emaciate
grow weak and thin or waste away physically
"She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
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1. (adj) emaciate
emaciated
2. (verb) emaciate
to lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh
3. (verb) emaciate
to cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him
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