Part 4163

<hw>Fam"ish</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To die of hunger; to starve.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.</def>

<blockquote>You are all resolved rather to die than to <b>famish</b>? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to <b>famish</b>. <i>Prov. x. 3.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Famishment</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being famished.</def>

<h1>Famosity</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa*mos"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>famositas</ets> infamy: cf. F. <ets>famosit\'82</ets>. See <er>Famous</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being famous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Famous</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>famosus</ets>, fr. <ets>fama</ets> fame: cf. F. <ets>fameux</ets>. See <er>Fame</er>.]</ety> <def>Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by <i>for</i>; <as>as, <ex>famous</ex> for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a <ex>famous</ex> pirate.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Famous</b> for a scolding tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Famous</er>, <er>Renowned</er>, <er>Illustrious</er>. <i>Famous</i> is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; <i>renowned</i> is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; <i>illustrious</i>, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See <er>Distinguished</er>.</usage>

<h1>Famoused</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa"moused</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Renowned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Famously</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa"mous*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.</def>

<blockquote>Then this land was <b>famously</b> enriched With politic grave counsel. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Famousness</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa"mous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being famous.</def>

<h1>Famular</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>famularis</ets> of servants.]</ety> <def>Domestic; familiar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Famulate</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fam"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>famulatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>famulari</ets> to serve, fr. <ets>famulus</ets> servant.]</ety> <def>To serve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Famulist</h1> <Xpage=541>