emac

n. Emaciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emaciatus, p. p. ] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.
Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. émaciation. ] 1. The act of making very lean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate. ] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]