emaciate

英 [ɪ'meɪsɪeɪt] 美 [ɪ'meʃɪ,et]
  • vt. 使消瘦;使衰弱;使贫瘠
  • vi. 消瘦下去
GRE
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emaciate
emaciate: see meagre
emaciate (v.)
1620s "cause to lose flesh" (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, cause to waste away," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Intransitive meaning "become lean, waste away" is from 1640s. Related: Emaciated.