GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Emaciate (?), 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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   emaciated adj.  having become so thin that the bones noticeably protrude under the skin; as, “emaciated bony hands”.
   
   Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted.
   
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