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Webster 1913 Edition
Hunger
Hun′ger
,Noun.
[AS.
hungor
; akin to OFries. hunger
, D. honger
, OS. & OHG. hungar
, G. hunger
, Icel. hungr
, Sw. & Dan. hunger
, Goth. h[GREEK]hrus
hunger, huggrjan
to hunger.] 1.
An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.
☞ The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment.
2.
Any strong eager desire.
O sacred
hunger
of ambitious minds! Spenser.
For
hunger
of my gold I die. Dryden.
Hun′ger
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hungered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hungering
.] 1.
To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.
2.
To have an eager desire; to long.
Blessed are they which do
hunger
and thirst after righteouness. Matt. v. 6.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hunger
HUN'GER
, n.1.
An uneasy sensation occasioned by the want of food; a craving of food by the stomach; craving appetite. Hunger is not merely want of food, for persons when sick,may abstain long from eating without hunger, or an appetite for food. Hunger therefore is the pain or uneasiness of the stomach of a healthy person, when too long destitute of food.2.
Any strong or eager desire. For hunger of my gold I die.
HUN'GER
,Verb.
I.
1.
To desire with great eagerness; to long for. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matt.5.
HUN'GER
,Verb.
T.