I. ə̇ˈmāshēˌāt, ēˈ-, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e- + macies leanness, thinness, from macer lean, thin — more at meager
transitive verb
1. : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very lean
his sickness emaciated him
2. : to make poor and weak or unattractive : attenuate
all extraneous light emaciated and shattered by the flare of gas and electricity — William Beebe
consistency … is the hobgoblin of foolish nations. It emaciates a people's life — M.Y.Buch
intransitive verb
: to waste away in body : become very lean
II. -ēˌā]t, -ēə̇]t, usu ]d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin emaciatus
: emaciated