E*ma"ci*ate (?), a. [L.
emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate
steeds." T. Warton.
E*ma"ci*ate (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of
emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean
or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See
Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to
waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away."
Sir T. Browne.
E*ma"ci*ate, v. t. To cause to
waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness
emaciated him.