What is to lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne called?
emaciate — To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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