emaciate

[ ih-mey-shee-eyt ]

/ ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt /

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verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing.

to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

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-ate¹)

Words nearby emaciate

elytroid, elytron, elytrum, Elzevir, em, emaciate, emaciated, emaciation, emacs, emagram, email

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Example sentences from the Web for emaciate

Honor now bathed his face, and wet his lips with water, and as she sprinkled and rubbed back the gray hair from his emaciate!
Fardorougha, The Miser|William Carleton
Many of these infants are of such low vitality, however, that in spite of the most careful feeding they emaciate and die.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Her cheeks were pale and emaciate, and her forced smile only proclaimed more loudly the grief which was consuming her heart.
Louis XIV., Makers of History Series|John S. C. Abbott
After a month of toil and suffering, ragged and emaciate he at midnight reached the settlement.
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|John S. C. Abbott

The animals lose their appetite from the first, begin to emaciate, and show symptoms of malnutrition and starvation.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease|Albert Cornelius Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for emaciate

emaciate

/ (ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt) /

verb

(usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin

Derived forms of emaciate

emaciation, noun

Word Origin for emaciate

C17: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin

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单词	emaciate
释义	emaciate [ ih-mey-shee-eyt ] / ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR emaciate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. 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-ate¹) Words nearby emaciate elytroid, elytron, elytrum, Elzevir, em, emaciate, emaciated, emaciation, emacs, emagram, email Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for emaciate Honor now bathed his face, and wet his lips with water, and as she sprinkled and rubbed back the gray hair from his emaciate! Fardorougha, The Miser\|William Carleton Many of these infants are of such low vitality, however, that in spite of the most careful feeding they emaciate and die. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.\|Alexander Miles Her cheeks were pale and emaciate, and her forced smile only proclaimed more loudly the grief which was consuming her heart. Louis XIV., Makers of History Series\|John S. C. Abbott After a month of toil and suffering, ragged and emaciate he at midnight reached the settlement. 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\|John S. C. Abbott The animals lose their appetite from the first, begin to emaciate, and show symptoms of malnutrition and starvation. Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease\|Albert Cornelius Crawford British Dictionary definitions for emaciate emaciate / (ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt) / verb (usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin Derived forms of emaciate emaciation, noun Word Origin for emaciate C17: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to emaciate trim, prune, irrigate, decrease, refine, diminish, weaken, blow, exhaust, drain, consume, lavish, deplete, dissipate, lose, misuse, divert, undermine, squander, attenuate
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emaciate

verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing.

Origin of emaciate

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Example sentences from the Web for emaciate

British Dictionary definitions for emaciate

verb

Derived forms of emaciate

Word Origin for emaciate

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