Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perish"
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) 1.7 (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}, {pass}] [ant: {be born}]
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