STARVE (2)

Starve, v. t. 1. 1. To destroy with cold.
From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth. Milton. 2. 2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
3. 3. To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starve a garrison into a surrender.
Attalus endeavored to starve Italy by stopping their convoy of provisions from Africa. Arbuthnot. 4. 4. To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plants by depriving them of proper light and air.
5. 5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. Locke.