Antonyms for emaciate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-mey-shee-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt

Definition of emaciate

Origin : 1620s (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, waste away," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (see macro-). Related: Emaciated; emaciating.

As in thin : verb make diluted or less dense
As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
As in macerate : verb liquefy
As in rarefy : verb thin

Example sentences :

Even the Indian could perceive, from his feeble voice and emaciate steps, that he was not far from the grave.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

After a month of toil and suffering, ragged and emaciate he at midnight reached the settlement.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

Very hospitably they received the worn, emaciate, and ragged wanderers.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

The emaciate mother was unable to afford sustenance to her infant.
Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott

Honor now bathed his face, and wet his lips with water, and as she sprinkled and rubbed back the gray hair from his emaciate!
Extract from : « Fardorougha, The Miser » by William Carleton

The daily use of these liquors tends greatly to emaciate and waste the strength of the body, etc.
Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society

His fragile form was almost feminine in its proportions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in his pallid and emaciate countenance.
Extract from : « Josephine » by John S. C. Abbott

Her son, burning with fever and emaciate from grief and fatigue, mounted the box behind in the disguise of a footman.
Extract from : « Hortense, Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott

Sickness diminished the ranks, and emaciate men, haggard and way-worn, tottered painfully along the rugged ways.
Extract from : « Hernando Cortez » by John S. C. Abbott

Her cheeks were pale and emaciate, and her forced smile only proclaimed more loudly the grief which was consuming her heart.
Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott

Synonyms for emaciate

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