Perish /(?)/
Per·ish
Perish
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing
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To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
I perish with hunger!
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly.
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
Perish
v. t.
- To cause perish. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- perish the thought
- I hope it will never happen; -- a phrase used after mention of a possible undesirable event, sometimes facetiously.