Defn: A prefix. See En-.
EMACERATE E*mac"er*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.]
Defn: To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.
EMACERATION
E*mac`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: Emaciation. [Obs.]
EMACIATE E*ma"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
EMACIATE
E*ma"ci*ate, v. t.
Defn: To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
EMACIATE
E*ma"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]