v.
Pronunciation: i- ' m ā -sh ē - ˌ ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -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 \ - ˌ m ā -s(h) ē - ' ā -sh ə n \ noun