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enhunger

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To make hungry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, literary, transitive

Examples

  • February 1860, Dr. John C. Peters, "The Late Reforms in Pathology and Therapeutics", in Homoepathic Journal such small quantities of food as would enhunger, if not almost starve a hearty person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From en- + hunger.