famish

fam·ish

verb

Famish is defined as to make or be hungry, starving or weak.

An example of famish is for a person to not eat for a week.

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famish

to make or be very hungry; make or become weak from hunger
Obs. to starve to death

Origin of famish

Middle English famishen, altered (after verbs ending in -ish-: see -ish) from famen, aphetic from Old French afamer from Vulgar Latin an unverified form affamare from Classical Latin ad, to + fames, hunger: see famine

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famish

verb

fam·ished, fam·ish·ing, fam·ish·es

verb

transitive

To cause to endure severe hunger.
To cause to starve to death.

verb

intransitive

To endure severe deprivation, especially of food.
To undergo starvation and die.

Origin of famish

Middle English famishen alteration of famen from Old French afamer from Vulgar Latin affamāre Latin ad- ad- Latin famēs hunger

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fam′ish·ment
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present famishes, present participle famishing, simple past and past participle famished)

To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger.
To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
To force or constrain by famine.
(intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve.
(intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
(intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Origin

Middle English famisshe, from famen (“starve”), from Old French afamer. Compare affamish, famine.

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famish - Medical Definition

To cause someone to endure severe hunger.
1. To cause someone to starve to death.
2. To undergo starvation and die.

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fam′ish·ment
n.

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