[ema.ci.ate] vb -at.ed ; -at.ing [L emaciatus, pp. of emaciare, fr. e- + macies leanness, fr. macer lean--more at meager] vi (1646): to waste away physically ~ vt 1: to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin
2: to make feeble -- ema.ci.a.tion n