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    clem
CIDE DICTIONARY
clem, v. t. & i. [Cf. clam to clog, or G. klemmen to pinch, Icel. klömbra, E. clamp.]. 
                                            
                                         To starve; to famish.                                         B. Jonson.                                         [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
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clem
Fasting
VB fast, starve, clem, famish, perish with hunger, dine with Duke Humphrey, make two bites of a cherry.
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