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† 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. vbs. in -er received the ending -ish in Eng.]
1. trans. To afflict with hunger or famine; to starve.
1568Bible (‘Bishops’) Gen. xlii. 55 All the land of Egypt was affamished. 1615Byfield On Coloss. i. 21 (1869) 125/2 The deadness of his heart, which afamisheth the soul in spiritual things. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 249 The foolish slothful man..affamisheth himselfe with wilfull idleness.
2. intr. (for refl.) To suffer or perish from hunger.
1622Bp. Hall Serm. 130 That men may not affamish, whom God hath fed. 1655G. Hall Triumphs of Rome 123 Beggars which are ready to affamish for want. |