emaciate

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His frame was emaciate in the extreme from the prodigious toils which he had endured.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

He dressed with the utmost care; painted his wrinkled brow and emaciate cheeks, and resorted to all the appliances of art to maintain the aspect of youth and vigor.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The king, pale, emaciate, and with death staring him in the face, was bolstered in his bed.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Did it struggle frail and frailer to a beam emaciate?

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

His bountiful and generous nature could profit by a spell of training that would emaciate a poorer stock. 

From Robert Louis Stevenson by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir