emaciate

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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)

And men and dog alike seemed direly thin and emaciate.

From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery

The body continues to emaciate, even with plenty of food and a good appetite, so that the quantity of milk is small.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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

John placed his hand,90 Pale and emaciate, on his breast, and said: Thy words might raise from earth the heaviest heart.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George