| 单词 | to famish to death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto famish to death a. To kill with hunger, starve to death. Also, to famish to death. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > hunger for [verb (transitive)] > starve > to death famishc1440 starve1570 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by starving asterveOE famine1520 starve1570 to famish to deatha1649 c1440 Bone Flor. 875 So longe logyd the sege there, That they wythynne nere famysched were. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 169 He was nere famyshyd for lake of sustenaunce. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 5 Robert..had famished to Death the King's Brother David, in the Castle of Falkland. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 138 We were in a most dreadful Apprehension of being famished to Death. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 197 Paulo..bewailed the probability of their being famished. < as lemmas |
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