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emaciate
e·ma·ci·ate E0099700 (ĭ-mā′shē-āt′)tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
[Latin ēmaciāre, ēmaciāt- : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + maciāre, to make thin; see māk- in Indo-European roots.]
e·ma′ci·a′tion n.emaciate (ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt) vb (usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin[C17: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin] eˌmaciˈation ne•ma•ci•ate (ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt)
v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to make abnormally thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. [1640–50; < Latin ēmaciātus, past participle of ēmaciāre=ē- e- + -maciāre, derivative of maciēs leanness, wasted state] e•ma•ci•a′tion, n. emaciate
Past participle: emaciated
Gerund: emaciating
| Imperative |
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| emaciate | | emaciate |
| Present |
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| I emaciate | | you emaciate | | he/she/it emaciates | | we emaciate | | you emaciate | | they emaciate |
| Preterite |
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| I emaciated | | you emaciated | | he/she/it emaciated | | we emaciated | | you emaciated | | they emaciated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am emaciating | | you are emaciating | | he/she/it is emaciating | | we are emaciating | | you are emaciating | | they are emaciating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have emaciated | | you have emaciated | | he/she/it has emaciated | | we have emaciated | | you have emaciated | | they have emaciated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was emaciating | | you were emaciating | | he/she/it was emaciating | | we were emaciating | | you were emaciating | | they were emaciating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had emaciated | | you had emaciated | | he/she/it had emaciated | | we had emaciated | | you had emaciated | | they had emaciated |
| Future |
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| I will emaciate | | you will emaciate | | he/she/it will emaciate | | we will emaciate | | you will emaciate | | they will emaciate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have emaciated | | you will have emaciated | | he/she/it will have emaciated | | we will have emaciated | | you will have emaciated | | they will have emaciated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be emaciating | | you will be emaciating | | he/she/it will be emaciating | | we will be emaciating | | you will be emaciating | | they will be emaciating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been emaciating | | you have been emaciating | | he/she/it has been emaciating | | we have been emaciating | | you have been emaciating | | they have been emaciating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been emaciating | | you will have been emaciating | | he/she/it will have been emaciating | | we will have been emaciating | | you will have been emaciating | | they will have been emaciating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been emaciating | | you had been emaciating | | he/she/it had been emaciating | | we had been emaciating | | you had been emaciating | | they had been emaciating |
| Conditional |
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| I would emaciate | | you would emaciate | | he/she/it would emaciate | | we would emaciate | | you would emaciate | | they would emaciate |
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| I would have emaciated | | you would have emaciated | | he/she/it would have emaciated | | we would have emaciated | | you would have emaciated | | they would have emaciated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | emaciate - cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"macerate, wastedebilitate, enfeeble, drain - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" | | 2. | emaciate - grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeemaciationemaciate
emaciate (ē-mā′shē-āt″) [L. emaciare, to make thin, waste away] To cause to become excessively lean. emaciate
Synonyms for emaciateverb cause to grow thin or weakSynonymsRelated Wordsverb grow weak and thin or waste away physicallyRelated Words |