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单词 enfamine
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enfaminen.

Etymology: < enfamine v.
Obsolete.
Famine, starvation.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > scarcity of food or famine
hungerc1000
dear1297
deartha1325
fault1340
famine1362
barrennessa1425
affaminea1450
enfaminea1450
wantc1450
scarceness1481
Lang Reeda1525
famishment1526
cleanness of teeth1560
breadlessness1860
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 352 It [sc. the castle] Myhte neuere I-wonnë be But Only thorwgh Enfamyne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

enfaminev.

Forms: Also Middle English enfamyne.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + famine n.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To perish by famine.
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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1194 Faste fayled hem þe fode, enfaminied monie.
2. transitive. To cause to suffer famine; to starve. Also figurative.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of hunger
astervec1000
enfamine138.
bursta1440
famish1530
famine1553
starve1578
affamish1622
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > cause to suffer famine
enfamine138.
138. J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 150 Þes ben euele fadris þat þus cruelly enfamynen here sugetis soulis.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxiv. 60 b When men enfamined haue nether grein ne bred.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxxi Within the first yere he had enfamyned the londe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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