famish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It never rains out of season, and were it not for the heavy night dews, the very birds would famish.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

He won't famish," said Rufe, "with the large supply of sauce which he keeps on hand!

From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Such is their filial piety, that they will often give the half of these pitiful wages to their parents, to relieve their necessities, preferring almost to famish themselves rather than see them want.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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