EMACIATE

emaciate. Emaciate, v. to lose flesh, waste, pine away, decay

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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.