famish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

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 declared that should his wife go hence the fountains of his soul would dry up, his mind would famish, and the light of his life would go out in darkness.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert