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Definitions for Emaciate
ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪtema·ci·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. waste, emaciate, macerateverb

    cause to grow thin or weak

    "The treatment emaciated him"

  2. emaciateverb

    grow weak and thin or waste away physically

    "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

Wiktionary

  1. emaciateverb

    To make extremely thin or wasted

  2. emaciateverb

    To become extremely thin or wasted.

  3. Etymology: From emaciare, from ex- + macies, from macer

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EMACIATEverb

    To waste; to deprive of flesh.

    Etymology: emacio, Latin.

    All dying of the consumption, die emaciated and lean. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

  2. To Emaciateverb

    To lose flesh; to pine; to grow lean.

    He emaciated and pined away in the too anxious enquiry of the sea’s reciprocation, although not drowned therein. Brown.

Wikipedia

  1. emaciate

    Emaciation is defined as the state of extreme thinness from absence of body fat and muscle wasting usually resulting from malnutrition.

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  1. emaciate

    Emaciate refers to the state or process of becoming abnormally thin or weak, typically due to illness, malnutrition, or lack of food. This term is often used in a medical or health context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emaciateverb

    to lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh

  2. Emaciateverb

    to cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him

  3. Emaciateadjective

    emaciated

  4. Etymology: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Emaciate

    e-mā′shi-āt, v.t. to make meagre or lean: to deprive of flesh: to waste.—v.i. to become lean: to waste away.—p.adjs. Emā′ciate, -d.—n. Emaciā′tion, the condition of becoming emaciated or lean: leanness. [L. emaciāre, -ātum—e, inten., maciāre, to make lean—macies, leanness.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Emaciate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Emaciate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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  • изтощавам, изнурявам, изтощавам сеBulgarian
  • demacrar, demacrarseSpanish
  • émacier, amaigrir, s'émacier, s'amaigrirFrench
  • emaciarsi, emaciareItalian
  • vermageren, uitmergelen, uithongeren, verschrompelenDutch
  • изнурять, истощать, истощаться, чахнутьRussian

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