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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Famish \Fam"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Famished}; p. pr & vb n. {Famishing}.] [OE. famen; cf OF afamer L. fames. See {Famine}, and cf {Affamish}.] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. --Shak. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: famished adj : extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: {ravenous}, {sharp-set}, {starved}, {esurient}]
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