v. Obs. Forms: 5 enfamych, -yssh. [Altered form of AFFAMISH: see EN- pref.1] trans. To famish, starve.

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c. 1400.  Sowdone Bab., 2141. Thay shalle enfamyched be.

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a. 1400Œ50.  Alexander, 2153 (Dubl. MS.). Thare negh was fey for defaute enfamyshyd [Ashmole, enfamyschist] hys oste.

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1491.  Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), III. xxxv. 327 b/1. They sawe that they were enfamysshed.

4

1766–1800.  in Bailey.

5

1828.  in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.

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