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▪ I. emaciate, ppl. a.|ɪˈmeɪʃɪət|
[ad. L. ēmaciātus, pa. pple. of ēmaciāre to emaciate.]
= emaciated.
1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 23 Some are so emaciate and lean. 1774T. Warton Oxford Ale 91 Emaciate steeds. 1795Southey Joan of Arc ii. 313 Pale, hollow-eyed, emaciate, sleepless wretch. 1818Milman Samor 14 Ah generous King! That sets the emaciate wolf to dog the flock. 1818Todd, Emaciate, sunk; wasted; deprived of flesh.
▪ II. emaciate, v.|ɪˈmeɪʃɪeɪt|
[f. L. ēmaciāt- ppl. stem of ēmaciāre + ē out + maci-es leanness.]
1. trans.
a. To make lean, waste, deprive of flesh.
b. transf. To impoverish (soil).
1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 177 Dries and emaciates the Body. 1746Hervey Medit. (1818) 159 Consumption may emaciate the dimpled cheeks. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenst. iv. (1865) 23 His body was dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering. 1862Fraser's Mag. Nov. 575, I was so emaciated by illness.
2. intr. To become lean, dwindle.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xiii. 366 That he emaciated and pined away. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 21 When a person emaciates, the fat is gradually removed from the cells. 1934R. Frost Let. 23 Feb. (1964) 237, I have been in bed with a bug..etiolating and emaciating. |