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Etymology[]
From Latin emaciare (“‘to make lean, cause to waste away’”) < ex- (“‘out’”) + macies (“‘leanness’”) < macer (“‘thin’”)
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to Emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciat, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (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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To make extremely thin or wasted
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To become extremely thin or wasted
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External links[]
- Emaciate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Emaciate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Adjective[]
emaciate f.
- Feminine plural form of emaciato
et:emaciate io:emaciate it:emaciate kn:emaciate pl:emaciate ru:emaciate fi:emaciate te:emaciate vi:emaciate zh:emaciate