EMACIATE

v. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

2.
v.

To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

3.
a.

Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

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