emaciate

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They thought they must emaciate their bodies with watching, fasting, toil, and hunger.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

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

In this foremost of tirthas of the Sarasvati, O king, he began to emaciate his own body by means of vows and fasts with fixed resolve.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Many of these infants are of such low vitality, however, that in spite of the most careful feeding they emaciate and die.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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)