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emaciate

[ih-mey-shee-eyt] / ɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌeɪt /






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On the following morning the Austrian army, emaciate, humiliated, and dejected, defiled from the gates of Mantua to throw down their arms at the feet of the triumphant Republicans.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

He retired a fugitive with eight thousand men in his train, ragged, emaciate and mutilated.

From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

His fragile form was almost feminine in its proportions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in his pallid and emaciate countenance.

From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The features become sharper, and sometimes the whole body begins to emaciate, while the pulse quickens.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Her son, burning with fever and emaciate from grief and fatigue, mounted the box behind in the disguise of a footman.

From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)




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