"enhunger" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: enhungers [present, singular, third-person], enhungering [participle, present], enhungered [participle, past], enhungered [past]
Etymology: en- + hunger Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|hunger}} en- + hunger Head templates: {{en-verb}} enhunger (third-person singular simple present enhungers, present participle enhungering, simple past and past participle enhungered)
  1. (transitive, literary, dated) To make hungry. Tags: dated, literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-enhunger-en-verb-YxtFmaa8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-

Inflected forms

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