emaciate
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He retired a fugitive with eight thousand men in his train, ragged, emaciate and mutilated.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Her son, burning with fever and emaciate from grief and fatigue, mounted the box behind in the disguise of a footman.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The dying emperor received into his emaciate, feeble arms the new bride who had been selected for him, Marva Matweowna, and after a few weeks of languor and depression died.
From The Empire of Russia 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
It was on the 25th of April, 1526, that the pale and emaciate adventurer, accompanied by a few followers, embarked on board a brigantine in the anchorage at Truxillo.
From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)