famish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But the tendency to famish us displayed by our Rulers was not calculated to improve the morale of a civilian, or any, army.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

With their scant water supply at a distance and unprotected they could not hold out long in a siege, but would soon be compelled either to fight, fly or famish.

From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)

The gorging a royal kitchen may stint and famish the negotiations of a kingdom.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund