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Ma*ras"mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ,
fr. &?;, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (Med.)
A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of
consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Pining atrophy,

Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence.

Marasmus senilis [L.], progressive atrophy
of the aged.

Ma*raud" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond,
OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault,
fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a
suffix of German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to
plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.

Ma*raud", n. An excursion for
plundering.

Ma*raud`er (?), n. [From Maraud,
v.: cf. F. maraudeur.] A rover in quest
of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.


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