fasting
Roget category 956
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.4. Moral practice
#956.
Fasting
noun
fasting —
xerophagy† —
famishment,
starvation.
fast,
jour maigre [Fr.] —
fast day,
banyan day —
Lent,
quadragesima† —
Ramadan,
Ramazan —
spare diet,
meager diet —
lenten diet,
lenten entertainment —
soupe maigre [Fr.],
short commons,
Barmecide feast† —
short rations.
verb
fast,
starve,
clem†,
famish,
perish with hunger —
dine with Duke Humphrey† —
make two bites of a cherry.
adjective
lenten,
quadragesimal† —
unfed† —
starved
etc.
v. —
half-starved —
fasting
etc.
v. —
hungry
etc.
865.
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