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Definition of: famish
(fam′ish) v.t. & v.i.
To suffer or die, or to cause to suffer or die, from lack of nourishment; starve. [Earlier fame <F afamer; refashioned after verbs in -ish, as banish, finish, etc.]
—fam′ish·ment noun
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