Definition of "famish" [fam•ish]

To cause to endure severe hunger. (verb-transitive)
To cause to starve to death. (verb-transitive)
To endure severe deprivation, especially of food. (verb-intransitive)
To undergo starvation and die. (verb-intransitive)

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Use "famish" in a sentence

"In the first scene, the First Citizen describes the Senate the 1% of ancient Rome: They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor."
"But, til then, here he will stay, and neither quit the spot whence he sends you these lines, till you have deigned to pronounce verbally his doom, though he should famish for want of food!"
"March 16, 2008 at 4:36 pm iz u teh famish “magnificat n D”?"

Words like "famish"

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