What is the meaning of Emaciate?

  • (v.t.) To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
  • (v.i.) To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
  • (a.) Emaciated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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