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emarcescere [CL], emarcēre [LL] 1 to grow lean or wizened (also fig.). b to dry up. c (abstr.) to fade, weaken. credo ‥ brachium longo tempore ~uatum [sic] in eo lavacro ‥ posse sanari Eddi 66; 9‥ ~uit, forwisnode WW; ~uit cor meum Ælf. Bata 4. 31 p. 63; s988 statim leta elementorum faties ~uit, pax ‥ superventu Danorum evanuit W. Malm. GP I 19; ipsi [homines] ‥ carne ~uerunt Pull. Sent. 759A; compago †numerorum [v. l. nervorum] in ‥ corpore ejus pene tota ~uit et dissoluta fuit J. Furness Kentig. 42; langor in anima perseverat donec dederis quod tanto ardore desideravi, cujus amore ~uit caro mea Rolle IA 247.  b cur emarcet manna magnificum? / cur marcescit vitae viaticum? J. Howd. Ph. 781; oblatio crebra / non datur, emarcet pascua, languet ovis Garl. Tri. Eccl. 36; to be or wex dry, ‥ mercare [sic], e- CathA.  c ~uit, †elanguet [l. elanguit] GlC E 146; ~uit, elanguit, ablacode GlH E 220; recedente a cancro ‥ sole primo herbida ~escit viriditas Adel. QN 74; spes ‥ ex improviso ~uit eventu H. Hunt. HA VIII 35; ver emarcet ut marcor vireat J. Howd. Ph. 318; Garl. Tri. Eccl. 17 (v. cadere 6b). 2 to vanish, be null. ~escentibus nece suorum auctorum nefariis edictis Gildas EB 12; omnis praestigiarum scena ‥ ut cera liquescens ~uit Aldh. VirgP 43. 3 (trans.) to cause to waste away. Deus ‥ auxit nostris potenciam quam prius debilitaverat et ~uerat victualium penuria G. Hen. V 13.

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