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)

The mental strain Threw him upon his bed, and there he lay Till Charles, from Italy in haste returning, Found his old sire emaciate and half dead From wounded honor.

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

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)

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)

Very hospitably they received the worn, emaciate, and ragged wanderers.

From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)