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Affamish

Af-fam′ish

(ăf-făm′ĭsh)
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[F.
affamer
, fr. L.
ad
+
fames
hunger. See
Famish
.]
To afflict with, or perish from, hunger.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Definition 2024


affamish

affamish

English

Verb

affamish (third-person singular simple present affamishes, present participle affamishing, simple past and past participle affamished)

  1. (obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
    • With light thereof I do myself sustain,
      And thereon feed my love affamisht heart.
      - Edmund Spenser

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