famish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Bennet, contained in the first volume of the Geological Society Transactions, may famish the inquisitive reader with a short summary of the principal appearances on which this opinion rests.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Fie on ambition! fie on myself; that have a sword, and yet am ready to famish!

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

"The sea-air makes one famish," said a gay voice outside.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James