Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be very thirsty.
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- verb obsolete To be very
thirsty ; be dying ofthirst .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forthyrsten, from Old English *forþyrstan ("to be athirst"), from Proto-Germanic *fur- (“for-”), *þurstijanan (“to thirst”), equivalent to for- + thirst. Cognate with Low German verdörsten ("to forthirst"), German verdursten ("to die of thirst"), Danish fortørste ("to forthirst").
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