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Emaciate   /ɪmˈeɪʃiˌeɪt/   Listen
Emaciate

verb
(past & past part. emaciated; pres. part. emaciating)
1.
Cause to grow thin or weak.  Synonyms: macerate, waste.
2.
Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.





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"Emaciate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Vishvamitra and began to cause a great carnage everywhere. Seeing this, his troops fled away. Vishvamitra, the son of Gadhi, however, regarding ascetic austerities highly efficacious, set his heart upon them. In this foremost of tirthas of the Sarasvati, O king, he began to emaciate his own body by means of vows and fasts with fixed resolve. He made water and air and (the fallen) leaves of trees his food. He slept on the bare ground, and observed other vows (enjoined for ascetics). The gods ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown


Words linked to "Emaciate" :   debilitate, change state, macerate, turn, enfeeble, emaciation, drain


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