starve
The origin and history of starve.
Etymology
From Old English steorfan, "to die," related to German sterben ("to die") — the narrower sense of dying from hunger developed later in English.
The origin and history of starve.
From Old English steorfan, "to die," related to German sterben ("to die") — the narrower sense of dying from hunger developed later in English.
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