emaciate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- emaciation noun
Etymology
Origin of emaciate
1640–50; < Latin ēmaciātus, wasted away, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + maciātus, past participle of maciāre to produce leanness ( maci ( ēs ) leanness + -ātus -ate 1 )
Example Sentences
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John placed his hand,90 Pale and emaciate, on his breast, and said: Thy words might raise from earth the heaviest heart.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
He retired a fugitive with eight thousand men in his train, ragged, emaciate and mutilated.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
His step became feeble, his form emaciate, his countenance haggard.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
After a month of toil and suffering, ragged and emaciate he at midnight reached the settlement.
From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
His bountiful and generous nature could profit by a spell of training that would emaciate a poorer stock.
From Robert Louis Stevenson by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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