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starvation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Starvation \Star*va"tion\, n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved. Note: This word was first used according to Horace Walpole, by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melville, in a speech on American affairs in 1775, which obtained for him the nickname of Starvation Dundas. ``Starvation, we are also told, belongs to the class of 'vile compounds' from being a mongrel; as if English were not full of mongrels, and if it would not be in distressing straits without them.'' --Fitzed. Hall. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: starvation n 1: a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period [syn: {famishment}] 2: the act of starving; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care" [syn: {starving}]
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