Definition: emaciate

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

emaciate
     v 1: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
          [syn: waste, macerate]
     2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated
        during the chemotherapy"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, v. t.
   To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his
   sickness emaciated him.
Emaciate \E*ma"ci*ate\, a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
   Emaciated. ``Emaciate steeds.'' --T. Warton.