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Definition of Emaciate

1. Verb. Cause to grow thin or weak. "The treatment emaciated him"

2. Verb. Grow weak and thin or waste away physically. "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

Definition of Emaciate

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.

Definition of Emaciate

1. Verb. (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emaciate

1. to make thin [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] - See also: thin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emaciate

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