Definition of "famishes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish. (verb)

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• "The holy man takes the farm into his own hands, and nearly famishes both the laborers and the master; till at length their feelings counteract their superstition, and the saint is in the end expelled in his turn."
• "Could they listen to the plea of reason who had groaned under the calamities of a social state according to the provisions of which one man riots in luxury whilst another famishes for want of bread?"
• "That system of labor which saps the health, and shortens life, and famishes intellect, needs, and must receive, great modification."