Emaciate

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.