Found 3 items, similar to Emaciate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: emaciate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: emaciate
emaciate
v 1: cause to grow thin or weak;
“The treatment emaciated him”
[syn:
waste,
macerate]
2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically;
“She emaciated
during the chemotherapy”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Emaciate
Emaciate
\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.
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Emaciate
\E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t.
To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his
sickness emaciated him.
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Emaciate
\E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Emaciated.
“Emaciate steeds.” --T. Warton.
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