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starven, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈstɑːv(ə)n|
Also 6–7 sterven.
[irregular str. pa. pple. of starve v. Cf. storven ppl. a.]
1. = starved ppl. a. in various uses.
a1533–98[see hunger-starven s.v. hunger-starve v.]. 1563Sackville Induct. Mirr. Mag. li, Shee [Famine] fayne would so sustayne Her staruen corps. 1592Arden of Feversham ii. ii. 118 But, giue me..Such mercy as the staruen Lyones, When she is dry suckt of her eager young. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 170 Those sterven Egyptians beholding Iosephs store of corne. 1653Austen Fruit Trees ii. (1657) 60 Their starven love to the saints, and their..serious pursuite of their owne interests, in things of the world..prove their Earthly mindednesse. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 204 It advances all starven weak Cattle above any thing yet known. 1887S. Cheshire Gloss., Starven, sensitive to cold. ‘It's a nesh, starven little thing.’ 1893S.-E. Worcester Gloss.
†2. Of cattle: That have died of disease. Obs.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. vi. iv. 95 [He] bargained..for all their hides which were of Sterven cattell. |
