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perish |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perished}; p. pr & vb n. {Perishing}.] [OE. perissen, perisshen F. p['e]rir, p. pr p['e]rissant, L. perire to go or run through come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go Cf {Issue}, and see {-ish}.] To be destroyed; to pass away to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence to wither; to waste away I perish with hunger! --Luke xv 17. Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. --Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. --Locke. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perish \Per"ish\, v. t. To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perish v : pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {go}, {exit}, {pass away}, {expire}] [ant: {be born}]
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