emaciate

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭ-mā′shē-āt′ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.siˌeɪ̯t/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪˈme.ʃiˌet/ (India) IPA(key): /ɪˈmeː.ʃiːˌeːʈ/ Rhymes: -eɪʃieɪt Hyphenation: e‧ma‧ci‧ate === Verb === emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated) (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted. ==== Derived terms ==== emaciated emaciation ==== Related terms ==== meager ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate) Emaciated. === See also === gaunt === References === === Further reading === “emaciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “emaciate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “emaciate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.maˈt͡ʃa.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: e‧ma‧cià‧te === Verb === emaciate inflection of emaciare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Participle === emaciate feminine plural of emaciato === Adjective === emaciate feminine plural of emaciato == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.ma.kiˈaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.ma.t͡ʃiˈaː.te] Hyphenation: ē‧ma‧ci‧ā‧te === Participle === ēmaciāte vocative masculine singular of ēmaciātus