fasting

Roget-categorie 956

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.4. Moral practice

#956. Fasting

zelfstandig naamwoord

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.

werkwoord

fast, starve, clem^†, famish, perish with hunger — dine with Duke Humphrey^† — make two bites of a cherry.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

lenten, quadragesimal^† — unfed^† — starved etc. v. — half-starved — fasting etc. v. — hungry etc. 865.

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