emaciate

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In this foremost of tirthas of the Sarasvati, O king, he began to emaciate his own body by means of vows and fasts with fixed resolve.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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)

If this best of men, Jaya, my sire, does not rise up, I shall emaciate my own body, sitting on the field of battle.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

The mental strain Threw him upon his bed, and there he lay Till Charles, from Italy in haste returning, Found his old sire emaciate and half dead From wounded honor.

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

I cherished her reproach like physic-wine, For I saw in that emaciate shape of bitterness and bleakness    A nobler soul than mine.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas