émacier

Senses

1. 1.

   to make emaciated; to waste away

   to cause someone or something to become extremely thin or wasted

2. 2.

   to emaciate

   to deprive of flesh or substance; to reduce to a skeleton-like state

Examples

• "La maladie l'a émacié en quelques mois."

  The illness made him emaciated in a few months.

• "Après des années de famine, la population était émacée."

  After years of famine, the population was emaciated.

• "La souffrance avait émacié ses traits."

  Suffering had wasted away his features.

Usage

A literary or formal verb, more common in past participle form (émacié, -e) than in active use. Often used with illnesses, suffering, or hardship as the subject. Related to the adjective "émacié" (emaciated).