emaciate

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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 features become sharper, and sometimes the whole body begins to emaciate, while the pulse quickens.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Napoleon was pale and emaciate from the toils of his batteries at Toulon, and from his sleepless exertions in fortifying the coast.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

But such a march as this, of woe-begone, emaciate, skeleton bands, is not to be counted as among war's pomps and glories.

From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

At last he began to emaciate and look haggard.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles