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famish
[ fam-ish ]
verb (used with or without object)
, Archaic.
- to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
- to starve to death.
famish
/ ˈfæmɪʃ /
verb
- now usually passive to be or make very hungry or weak
- archaic.to die or cause to die from starvation
- to make very cold
I was famished with the cold
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Derived Forms
- ˈfamishment, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of famish1
C14: from Old French afamer , via Vulgar Latin, from Latin famēs famine
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Example Sentences
But the tendency to famish us displayed by our Rulers was not calculated to improve the morale of a civilian, or any, army.
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Never varlets So triumph'd o'er an old fat man: I was famish'd.
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Unless, like the King of Babylon, they were to eat grass in the fashion of beasts, it seemed they must soon famish.
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But, in the interim, she must starve and famish like a white mouse learning to dance.'
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Domitius therefore by preparing for his defence, and Marsus by seeming determined to famish, both protracted their lives.
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