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 Definitions of emaciate  [ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt]  

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Definition of 'emaciate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'emaciate' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'emaciate' Webster Dictionary 

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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