to famish

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To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger

Even so did Corellius Rufus, another grave senator, by the relation of Plinius Secundus, Epist. lib. 1, epist. 12, famish himself to death .

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger

The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. --Dryden.

To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish

You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? -- Shakespeare.

to suffer extremity of hunger or thirst
{v} to starve, to kill or die with hunger
die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary
To die of hunger; to starve
To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger
To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary
To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger
deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
To force or constrain by famine
{f} be hungry, suffer from hunger; make hungry; starve to death
To exhaust the strength or endurance of by hunger; to distress with hunger
to famish
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