Meaning of EMACIATE
| Pronunciation: | | i'meyshee`eyt
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- [v] grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
- [v] cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
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| | Synonyms: | | macerate, waste |
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| | See Also: | | change state, debilitate, drain, emaciate, enfeeble, turn | |
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\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.
\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\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Emaciated. ``Emaciate steeds.'' --T. Warton.
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| | Related Terms: | | atrophy, attenuate, consume, consume away, dilute, dribble away, dry up, emacerate, macerate, parch, pine away, preshrink, rarefy, run to seed, run to waste, Sanforize, sear, shrink, shrivel, subtilize, thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, waste, waste away, water, water down, weaken, weazen, wither, wither away, wizen |
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