v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Famished p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing. ] [ OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish. ] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger. [ 1913 Webster ]
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. [ 1913 Webster ]
And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. To force or constrain by famine. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
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