Definitions
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- verb transitive To make very
hungry ; cause todie ofhunger ;starve .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forhungren ("to famish"), equivalent to for- + hunger. Cognate with Dutch verhongeren, German verhungern.
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Examples
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This week Anne Hathaway joined students at the St. Aloysius School in the Harlem as part of a program forhunger awareness.
2008 December « 2008
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This week Anne Hathaway joined students at the St. Aloysius School in the Harlem as part of a program forhunger awareness.
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