emaciate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin emaciare (“to make lean, cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + macies (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”)
[edit] Verb
emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)
- (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted
- Anorexics ignore that sustained emaciation ends in starvation.
- (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.
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[edit] Translations
To make extremely thin or wasted
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To become extremely thin or wasted
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[edit] External links
- emaciate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- emaciate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
emaciate f.
- Feminine plural form of emaciato
