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affamish

/əˈfæmɪʃ/

affamish verb: to cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.

Verb

affamish (third-person singular simple present affamishes, present participle affamishing, simple past and past participle affamished)

  1. (obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
    • With light thereof I do myself sustain, / And thereon feed my love affamisht heart.1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXXVII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC

affamish meaning in Bengali

affamish in Bengali

অনাহারে রাখা

Forms of affamish

third-person singular presentaffamishes
present participleaffamishing
past participleaffamished
pastaffamished

Origin of affamish

From French affamer, from Latin ad + fames (“hunger”). Compare famish.

Words formed from affamish

Questions about affamish

What does affamish mean?
Affamish means to cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
What is affamish in Bengali?
Affamish in Bengali is অনাহারে রাখা. See Affamish meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is affamish?
Affamish is a verb.
How do you pronounce affamish?
Affamish is pronounced /əˈfæmɪʃ/.
What is the past tense of affamish?
The past tense of affamish is affamished.

Words near affamish in the dictionary

  1. affairettes
  2. affairless
  3. affairs
  4. affairs of honor
  5. affairs of honour
  6. affamish
  7. affamished
  8. affamishes
  9. affamishing
  10. affamishment
  11. affear

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