Starve (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Starved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Starving.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan;
akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban,
Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to
perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing with cold or
hunger.] Lydgate.
In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules.
Chaucer.
2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme
hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is
fed.
Pope.
3. To perish or die with cold.
Spenser.
Have I seen the naked starve for
cold?
Sandys.
Starving with cold as well as
hunger.
W. Irving.
&fist; In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used of
the United States.
Starve, v. t. 1. To
destroy with cold. [Eng.]
From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice
Their soft ethereal warmth.
Milton.
2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to
starve a man is, in law, murder.
3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to
starvea garrison into a surrender.
Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping
their convoy of provisions from Africa.
Arbuthnot.
4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to
starve plans by depriving them of proper light and
air.
5. To deprive of force or vigor; to
disable.
The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed
starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable
actions.
Fuller.
The powers of their minds are starved by
disuse.
Locke.
Starve (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Starved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Starving.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan;
akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban,
Icel. starf labor, toil.] 1. To die; to
perish. [Obs., except in the sense of perishing with cold or
hunger.] Lydgate.
In hot coals he hath himself raked . . .
Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules.
Chaucer.
2. To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme
hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is
fed.
Pope.
3. To perish or die with cold.
Spenser.
Have I seen the naked starve for
cold?
Sandys.
Starving with cold as well as
hunger.
W. Irving.
&fist; In this sense, still common in England, but rarely used of
the United States.
Starve, v. t. 1. To
destroy with cold. [Eng.]
From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice
Their soft ethereal warmth.
Milton.
2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to
starve a man is, in law, murder.
3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to
starvea garrison into a surrender.
Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping
their convoy of provisions from Africa.
Arbuthnot.
4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to
starve plans by depriving them of proper light and
air.
5. To deprive of force or vigor; to
disable.
The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed
starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable
actions.
Fuller.
The powers of their minds are starved by
disuse.
Locke.
