famish
/ˈfæmɪʃ/verb
1- archaicwith obj. reduce (someone) to extreme hunger〈古〉使极度饥饿, 使挨饿：
they had famished the city into surrender.
他们使该城陷于饥饿而不得不投降。
1.1
- no obj. be extremely hungry极度饥饿。
词源
Middle English: from obsolete fame 'starve， famish'， from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames 'hunger'.