emacerate

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verb

To make or become lean; to emaciate.

OriginLatin emaceratus →
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Meanings

verbemacerate (third-person singular simple present emacerates, present participle emacerating, simple past and past participle emacerated)

present singular third person emacerates · participle present emacerating · participle past emacerated · past emacerated

  1. obsoleteTo make or become lean; to emaciate.

    Let Cockle, ſtead of Barley, stead of wheat, Let Thistles all my grounds emacerate.

    1685, William Clark, The Grand Tryal

Origin

  1. Latinemaceratus“emaciated”
  2. Englishemacerate

From Latin emaceratus (“emaciated”), from e + macerare (“to make soft”).

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emacerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emacerate

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emacerate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emacerate.

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