Definition of Famish
Fam´ish
v. t.
1.
To
starve
,
kill
,
or
destroy
with
hunger
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Famished
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Famishing
.]
2.
To
exhaust
the
strength
or
endurance
of
,
by
hunger
;
to
distress
with
hanger
.
And
when
all
the
land
of
Egypt
was
famished
,
the
people
cried
to
Pharaoh
for
bread
.
- Cen. xli. 55.
The
pains
of
famished
Tantalus
he
'
ll
feel
.
- Dryden.
3.
To
kill
,
or
to
cause
to
suffer
extremity
,
by
deprivation
or
denial
of
anything
necessary
.
And
famish
him
of
breath
,
if
not
of
bread
.
- Milton.
4.
To
force
or
constrain
by
famine
.
He
had
famished
Paris
into
a
surrender
.
- Burke.
v. i.
1.
To
die
of
hunger
;
to
starve
.
2.
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
?
- Shak.
3.
To
suffer
extremity
from
deprivation
of
anything
essential
or
necessary
.
The
Lord
will
not
suffer
the
soul
of
the
righteous
to
famish
.
- Prov. x. 3.
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,
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,
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,
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