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affamish
† affamish, v. Obs. Also 7 afamish. [f. Fr. affame-r, OFr. afamer, afemer, = Pr. afamar, It. affamare, pointing to a late L. or early Rom. *affamāre, f. ad to, famem hunger. Many OFr. vbs. in -er had variants in -ir, -iss-ant (whence Eng. -ish); cf. affeeble, affeeblish; on this analogy other Fr. vb... Oxford English Dictionary
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afamish
afamish variant of affamish v. Obs. Oxford English Dictionary
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affamishment
affamishment (əˈfæmɪʃmənt) [f. affamish v. + -ment.] The act of famishing or starving with hunger; the state of being starved; starvation.1590 J. Greenwood Sland. Art. Pref. A 2 To the vtter vndoing and affamishment of them. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 99 In time of necessity and affamishment. 1855 Sing... Oxford English Dictionary
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enfamish
† enˈfamish, v. Obs. Forms: 5 enfamych, -yssh. [Altered form of affamish: see en- prefix1.] trans. To famish, starve.c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 2141 Thay shalle enfamyched be. a 1400–50 Alexander 2153 (Dubl. MS.) Thare negh was fey for defaute enfamyshyd [Ashmole, enfamyschist] hys oste. 1491 Caxton Vitas ... Oxford English Dictionary
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effamish
† eˈffamish, v. Obs. rare. [f. OF. effamer (cf. affamish, f. affamer), f. L. ex- out + fam-es hunger.] = famish, v.a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) Pref. 3 Being effamished, [they] are content..to eate it. 1634–46 Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 137 Ministers shamefullie abused, they and their f... Oxford English Dictionary
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famish
famish, v. (ˈfæmɪʃ) Forms: 5–6 famyssh, (5 -ysch, 6 -esh, -eszsh, -ishe, -issh, -ysh), 6– famish. [alteration of fame v.2, after vbs. in -ish. Cf. affamish.] 1. trans. To reduce to the extremities of famine and hunger; to starve. Also, † to famish away.a 1400–50 Alexander 1496 Þare suld my folk for ... Oxford English Dictionary
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