Definitions for: Emaciate

[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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: macerate, waste

See Also: change state, debilitate, drain, emaciate, enfeeble, turn

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