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famish

fam·ish [ fámmish ] (past and past participle fam·ished, present participle fam·ish·ing, 3rd person present singular fam·ish·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
starve: to be extremely hungry, or make somebody extremely hungry ( often passive )

[14th century. < obsolete fame< Old French afamer< Latin fames "hunger"]

fam·ish·ment noun
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