emaciate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emaciate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for emaciate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emaciate v cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" Synonym(s): waste, emaciate, macerate grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emaciate \Ema"ciate\, 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. [bd]He emaciated and pined away.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emaciate \Ema"ciate\, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emaciate \Ema"ciate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. [bd]Emaciate steeds.[b8] --T. Warton.