† effamishv.
Obsolete. rare.
= famish v.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve
famec1384
hunger-starve1390
enfamisha1400
famisha1400
forclemc1400
famine1520
starve1570
hunger1575
clem?c1600
effamisha1603
affamish1615
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) Pref. sig. B2 Being effamished, [they] are content..to eate it.
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 137 Ministers shamefullie abused, they and their families effamished.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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v.a1603- to serve on ice
- to serve one in some, no stead
- to serve one'one's own turn
- to serve one's country
- to serve one's end(s
- to serve one's purpose
- to serve one's time
- to serve one's title
- to serve one's turn
- to serve one's turn by
- to serve one's turn upon
- to serve out
- to serve out and out
- to serve out one's time
- to serve right
- to serve such a turn
- to serve tables
- to serve that turn
- to serve the place of
- to serve the shop
- to serve the stead of
- to serve the time
- to serve the times
- to serve the turn
- to serve the turn of