emaciate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- emaciation noun
Etymology
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 -ate 1 )
Example Sentences
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Continuing to emaciate her body with austere penances, she devoted herself to the worship of the pitris and the gods in that solitary forest.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
He dressed with the utmost care; painted his wrinkled brow and emaciate cheeks, and resorted to all the appliances of art to maintain the aspect of youth and vigor.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
At last he began to emaciate and look haggard.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
On the following morning the Austrian army, emaciate, humiliated, and dejected, defiled from the gates of Mantua to throw down their arms at the feet of the triumphant Republicans.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
His frame was emaciate in the extreme from the prodigious toils which he had endured.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
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