v. Obs. rare. [f. L. ēmacerāt- ppl. stem of ēmacerāre, f. ē- intensive + macer-āre to make lean.] trans. = EMACIATE.
1610. [see next].
1676. Bullokar, Emacerate or Emaciate, to make thin, lean, or poor in flesh.
1669. Lond. Gaz., No. 400/4. The Dauphin is weak, and much emacerated by his long distemper.
1731–6. Bailey, vol. II.
1818. in Todd.
