emacerate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin emaceratus (“emaciated”), from e + macerare (“to make soft”).
Verb[edit]
emacerate (third-person singular simple present emacerates, present participle emacerating, simple past and past participle emacerated)
- (obsolete) To make or become lean; to emaciate.
- 1685, William Clark, The Grand Tryal:
- Let Cockle, ſtead of Barley, stead of wheat,
Let Thistles all my grounds emacerate.
References[edit]
- “emacerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.