emaciate

verb
ema·​ci·​ate | \ i-ˈmā-shē-ˌāt How to pronounce emaciate (audio) , -ˈmā-sē-\
emaciated; emaciating

Definition of emaciate

transitive verb

1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin cattle emaciated by illness
2 : to make feeble

intransitive verb

: to waste away physically

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Other Words from emaciate

emaciation \ i-​ˌmā-​sē-​ˈā-​shən How to pronounce emaciation (audio) , -​ˌmā-​sē-​ \ noun

Examples of emaciate in a Sentence

without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate

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Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. al.com, "Fugitive owner of Alabama attack squirrel: ‘I miss him hard’," 20 June 2019 The Herald-Times quotes Monroe County authorities as saying the boy was emaciated and had bruises on his body. Chicago Tribune, Post-Tribune, "State briefs," 3 June 2019 While at the home, police and found a male and female boxer-mix dogs that were emaciated and had wounds caused by insects, according to the release. Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, "5-year-old accidentally shot by 8-year-old while playing with uncle's gun: police," 6 June 2018

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First Known Use of emaciate

1646, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

History and Etymology for emaciate

Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e- + macies leanness, from macer lean — more at meager

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emaciate

verb
ema·​ci·​ate | \ i-ˈmā-shē-ˌāt How to pronounce emaciate (audio) \
emaciated; emaciating

Medical Definition of emaciate

transitive verb

: to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin

intransitive verb

: to waste away physically

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