emacerate

verb

1. To make or become lean; to emaciate.

   obsolete

   Let Thistles all my grounds emacerate.

   Let Cockle, ſtead of Barley, stead of wheat,

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry emacerate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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