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emacerate

emacerate verb: to make or become lean; to emaciate.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To 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

Forms of emacerate

third-person singular presentemacerates
present participleemacerating
past participleemacerated
pastemacerated

Origin of emacerate

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

Questions about emacerate

What does emacerate mean?
Emacerate means to make or become lean; to emaciate.
What part of speech is emacerate?
Emacerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of emacerate?
The past tense of emacerate is emacerated.

Words near emacerate in the dictionary

  1. em-dash
  2. em-dashes
  3. ema
  4. ema datshi
  5. EMAC
  6. emacerate
  7. emacerated
  8. emacerates
  9. emacerating
  10. emaceration
  11. emacerations

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