Thesaurus: emaciate

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1. v. i. To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
2. v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
3. a. Emaciated.
4. v. cause to grow thin or weak
5. v. grow weak and thin or waste away physically
6. To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.
7. To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away inflesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
8. v:100 v. grow weak and thin or waste away physically