Emaciate Definition

ĭ-māshē-āt
emaciated, emaciates, emaciating
verb
emaciated, emaciating
To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
American Heritage
To cause to become abnormally lean; cause to lose much flesh or weight, as by starvation or disease.
Webster's New World

To make extremely thin or wasted.

Anorexics ignore that sustained emaciation ends in starvation.
Wiktionary
(intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.
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Origin of Emaciate

  • Latin ēmaciāre ēmaciāt- ē-, ex- intensive pref. ex– maciāre to make thin māk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin emaciare (“to make lean, cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + macies (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”)

    From Wiktionary

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