emaciate

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. verb cause to grow thin or weak
  2. verb grow weak and thin or waste away physically

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

waste, macerate

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