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emaciate

🇬🇧 UK/i'meisieit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To cause to become abnormally thin and weak, especially through illness or starvation.

使消瘦,使憔悴

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
eout of, former
+
macileanness, thinness, wasting
+
ateto make, having
=emaciate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The prolonged illness emaciated him to a skeletal appearance.

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