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(obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. / (transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.

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famish

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famish

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfamɪʃ/

Verb

obsolete transitive intransitive

(obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. / (transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.

Japanese Meaning

飢餓によって死に至らせる、あるいは殺す（古い用法） / 飢えにより体力や耐力を枯渇させ、非常に飢えさせる

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The besiegers tried to famish the city's population, and many perished from hunger.

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包囲軍は都市の住民を飢え死にさせようとし、多くが飢えで亡くなった。

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(obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.

Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful.

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