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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It was on the 25th of April, 1526, that the pale and emaciate adventurer, accompanied by a few followers, embarked on board a brigantine in the anchorage at Truxillo.
From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
If this best of men, Jaya, my sire, does not rise up, I shall emaciate my own body, sitting on the field of battle.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
His frame was emaciate in the extreme from the prodigious toils which he had endured.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
And men and dog alike seemed direly thin and emaciate.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
Her son, burning with fever and emaciate from grief and fatigue, mounted the box behind in the disguise of a footman.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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