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<hw>E*mac"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emaceratus</ets> emaciated; <ets>e + macerare</ets> to make soft.]</ety> <def>To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bullokar.</i>

<h1>Emaceration</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*mac`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Emaciation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Emaciate</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ma"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emaciated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emaciating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emaciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>emaciare</ets> to make lean; <ets>e + maciare</ets> to make lean or meager, fr. <ets>macies</ets> leanness, akin to <ets>macer</ets> lean. See <er>Meager</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.</def> "He <i>emaciated</i> and pined away."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Emaciate</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ma"ci*ate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; <as>as, his sickness <ex>emaciated</ex> him</as>.</def>

<h1>Emaciate</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ma"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emaciatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Emaciated.</def> "<i>Emaciate</i> steeds."

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Emaciation</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ma`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82maciation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making very lean.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.</def>

<h1>Emaculate</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*mac"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emaculatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>emaculare</ets> to clear from spots. See <er>Maculate</er>.]</ety> <def>To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hales.</i>

<h1>Emaculation</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*mac`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of clearing from spots.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>\'92mail ombrant</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>\'92`mail` om`brant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., shaded enamel.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Emanant</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>Em"a*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emanans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>emanare</ets>. See <er>Emanate</er>.]</ety> <def>Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; <as>as, an <ex>emanant</ex> volition</as>.</def>

<h1>Emanate</h1> <Xpage=481>

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