starve (v.) Old form(s): starue , steru'd , sterue
die, perish
1H4 II.ii.20[Falstaff as if alone] I'll starve ere I'll rob a foot further
1H6 III.ii.48[Charles to Burgundy] Your grace may starve, perhaps
2H6 I.i.133[Gloucester to all, of the Queen] She should have stayed in France, and starved in France!
2H6 I.i.227[York alone, of pirates' plunder] the silly owner of the goods / Weeps over them ... / Ready to starve
CE II.i.88[Adriana to Luciana, of her husband] I at home starve for a merry look
Cym I.v.165[Iachimo to Posthumus] lest the bargain should catch cold and starve
H8 V.iii.132[King Henry to Cranmer] he had better starve / Than but once think this place becomes thee not
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