emaciate
verb intransitive[L. emacio, from maceo, or macer, lean; Gr. small; Eng. meager, meek.]
To lose flesh gradually; to become lean by pining with sorrow, or by loss of appetite or other cause; to waste away, as flesh; to decay in flesh.
[L. emacio, from maceo, or macer, lean; Gr. small; Eng. meager, meek.]