PERISHES

Verb

perishes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perish

Anagrams

• pheresis, seership, spherise

Source: Wiktionary


PERISH

Per"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb. n. Perishing.] Etym: [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. périr, p.pr. périssant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and see -ish.]

Definition: 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.

Per"ish, v. t.

Definition: To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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