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affamishing

affamishing is the present participle and gerund of affamish.

Meaning of affamish

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

Questions about affamishing

What is affamishing the present participle and gerund of?
Affamishing is the present participle and gerund of affamish.

Words near affamishing in the dictionary

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

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