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Pronunciation : Per"ish
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p?rir, p.pr. p?rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and see -ish.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Per"ish
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913