Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Preterit plural and past participle of Middle English sterven, die. See
starve .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
starve .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete past participle of
starve .
Etymologies
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From Middle English storven ("dead from lack of food or warmth"), from Old English storfen ("dead"), past participle of steorfan ("to die"). More at starve.
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Examples
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Oure sonnes lie storven [88] ynne theyre smethynge gore;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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