famish

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The President pondered, smiled, said: "Well, they can't famish on that."

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor would the mob be able to rule if they got all they desire; they would only tear each other to pieces, and die drunk or famish sober.

From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen

A younger son of the poorest noble would famish rather than earn his livelihood in an employment considered vile.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

Take, then, your regular supplies of spiritual food, that your soul may not famish.

From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey

I take my eyes from what too much would please, As men in fevers famish their disease.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir