/i may"shee ayt'/ , v.t., emaciated, emaciating .
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
[ 1640-50; emaciatus, wasted away, equiv. to e- E- + maciatus, ptp. of maciare to produce leanness ( maci ( es ) leanness + -atus -ATE 1 ) ]