- (v.t.) To kill or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
- (v.t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
- (v.t.) To starve, kill or destroy with hunger.
- (v.t.) To force or constrain by famine.
- (v.i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
- (v.i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength or to come near to perish.
- (v.i.) To die of hunger; to starve.
- (a.) Smoky; hot; choleric.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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