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emaciate

emaciate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
  2. 2.To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
  3. 3.Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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