emaciate

Verb
Synonyms: wastemacerate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. cause to grow thin or weak“The treatment emaciated him”Synonyms: wastemacerate
  2. grow weak and thin or waste away physically“She emaciated during the chemotherapy”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. [1913 Webster]
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