famish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He won't famish," said Rufe, "with the large supply of sauce which he keeps on hand!

From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

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

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

Take, then, your regular supplies of spiritual food, that your soul may not famish.

From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey