- emaciate
- \ \ see MEAGRE
Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
emaciate
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Emaciate — E*ma ci*ate, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. Emaciate steeds. T. Warton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emaciate — index decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
emaciate — (v.) 1620s (implied in emaciating), from L. emaciatus, pp. of emaciare make lean, waste away, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + macies leanness, from macer thin (see MACRO (Cf. macro) ) … Etymology dictionary
emaciate — [ē mā′shē āt΄; ] also [ ē ā′sēāt΄; imā′shē āt΄, imā′sē āt΄] vt. emaciated, emaciating [< L emaciatus, pp. of emaciare, to make lean < e , out + macies, leanness < macer, lean < IE base * mak > OE mæger, lean] to cause to become… … English World dictionary
emaciate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e + macies leanness, from macer lean more at meager Date: 1646 intransitive verb to waste away physically transitive verb 1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become… … New Collegiate Dictionary
emaciate — /i may shee ayt /, v.t., emaciated, emaciating. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. [1640 50; < L emaciatus, wasted away, equiv. to e E + maciatus, ptp. of maciare to produce leanness (maci(es) leanness + atus… … Universalium
emaciate — verb a) To make extremely thin or wasted Anorexics ignore that sustained emaciation ends in starvation. b) To become extremely thin or wasted … Wiktionary
emaciate — ema·ci·ate i mā shē .āt vb, at·ed; at·ing vt to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin vi to waste away physically … Medical dictionary
emaciate — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, atrophy, attenuate, consume, consume away, dilute, dribble away, dry up, emacerate, macerate, parch, pine away, preshrink, rarefy, run to seed, run to waste, sear, shrink, shrivel, subtilize, thin, thin away … Moby Thesaurus
