EMACIATE


Meaning of EMACIATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈmā-shē-ˌāt ]

verb

( -at·ed ; -at·ing )

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 very thin

cattle emaciated by illness

2. : to make feeble

• ema·ci·a·tion -ˌmā-s(h)ē-ˈā-shən noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.