Obs. rare. [f. L. fam-es hunger. Cf. OF. afamer.] trans. To famish, starve. Hence Fa·myt ppl. a.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 122. Steuen wille vs traueile, & famen vs to dede.
a. 1400. Cov. Myst. (1841), 105. Thyn famyt ffolke with thi ffode to fede.
