emaciate

e·ma·ci·ate

 (ĭ-mā′shē-āt′)

tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates

To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.


[Latin ēmaciāre, ēmaciāt- : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + maciāre, to make thin; see māk- in Indo-European roots.]


e·ma′ci·a′tion n.

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emaciate

(ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt)

vb

(usually tr) to become or cause to become abnormally thin

[C17: from Latin ēmaciāre to make lean, from macer thin]

eˌmaciˈation n

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e•ma•ci•ate

(ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.

to make abnormally thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.

[1640–50; < Latin ēmaciātus, past participle of ēmaciāre=ē- e- + -maciāre, derivative of maciēs leanness, wasted state]

e•ma•ci•a′tion, n.

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emaciate


Past participle: emaciated
Gerund: emaciating
Imperative
emaciate
emaciate
Present
I emaciate
you emaciate
he/she/it emaciates
we emaciate
you emaciate
they emaciate
Preterite
I emaciated
you emaciated
he/she/it emaciated
we emaciated
you emaciated
they emaciated
Present Continuous
I am emaciating
you are emaciating
he/she/it is emaciating
we are emaciating
you are emaciating
they are emaciating
Present Perfect
I have emaciated
you have emaciated
he/she/it has emaciated
we have emaciated
you have emaciated
they have emaciated
Past Continuous
I was emaciating
you were emaciating
he/she/it was emaciating
we were emaciating
you were emaciating
they were emaciating
Past Perfect
I had emaciated
you had emaciated
he/she/it had emaciated
we had emaciated
you had emaciated
they had emaciated
Future
I will emaciate
you will emaciate
he/she/it will emaciate
we will emaciate
you will emaciate
they will emaciate
Future Perfect
I will have emaciated
you will have emaciated
he/she/it will have emaciated
we will have emaciated
you will have emaciated
they will have emaciated
Future Continuous
I will be emaciating
you will be emaciating
he/she/it will be emaciating
we will be emaciating
you will be emaciating
they will be emaciating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been emaciating
you have been emaciating
he/she/it has been emaciating
we have been emaciating
you have been emaciating
they have been emaciating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been emaciating
you will have been emaciating
he/she/it will have been emaciating
we will have been emaciating
you will have been emaciating
they will have been emaciating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been emaciating
you had been emaciating
he/she/it had been emaciating
we had been emaciating
you had been emaciating
they had been emaciating
Conditional
I would emaciate
you would emaciate
he/she/it would emaciate
we would emaciate
you would emaciate
they would emaciate
Past Conditional
I would have emaciated
you would have emaciated
he/she/it would have emaciated
we would have emaciated
you would have emaciated
they would have emaciated

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