Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sterve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ster-ve
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of starve.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Ah (ſaid the Ape as ſighing vvondrous ſad) / Its an hard caſe, vvhen men of good deſeruing / Muſt either driuen be perforce to ſteruing, / Or asked for their pas by euerie ſquib: […]"
"Mildly it [the wind] kiſt our ſailes, and, freſh, and ſvveet, / As, to a ſtomack ſterv'd, vvhoſe inſides meete, / Meate comes, it came; and ſvvole our ſailes, vvhen vvee / So joyd, as Sara' her ſvvelling joy'd to ſee."
"Let them not ſtill be obſtinately blind, / Still to divert the Good thou haſt deſign'd, / Or vvith Malignant penury, / To ſterve the Royal Vertues of his Mind."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sterves (present, singular) sterving (participle, present) sterved (participle, past) sterved (past)

Questions

What does sterve mean?: Obsolete form of starve.

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