| 单词 | to famish away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto famish away 1. transitive. To reduce to the extremities of famine and hunger; to starve. Also, †to famish away. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > be hungry [verb (intransitive)] > be starving starvelOE enfaimlec1475 to have cold at the teeth1484 to have the teeth cold1484 famish1535 to famish away1535 famine1553 starve1578 clem1600 affamish1622 a1400–50 Alexander 1496 Þare suld my folk for defaute be famyscht for euire. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. iii. 96 The other cartagiens that kepte the said townes..were famysshed. 1493 Festivall (1515) 100 Tytus laye so sore to the cyte that he famysshed theym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel i. 20 The shepe are fameszshed awaye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 175 I danc't attendance on his will, Till Paris was besieg'd, famisht, and lost. View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iii. xiii. 93 Spinola before Breda..seeing no meanes to take it by force, resolved to famish it. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 201 The regicides whom he [sc. Henry IV] hanged after he had famished Paris into a surrender. View more context for this quotation 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxi. 3 All..that shall ever in after years be famish'd. < as lemmas |
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