famish: Meaning and Definition of

fam•ish

Pronunciation: (fam'ish), [key]
— v.t., v.i. Archaic.
  1. to suffer or cause to suffer extreme hunger; starve.
  2. to starve to death.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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