v. Obs. rare. [f. OF. effamer (cf. AFFAMISH, f. affamer), f. L. ex- out + fam-es hunger.] = FAMISH v.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), Pref. B 2. Being effamished, [they] are content … to eate it.
1634–46. Row, Hist. Kirk (1842), 137. Ministers shamfullie abused, they and their families effamished.
