Meaning of PERISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'perish
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, pass away |
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| | Antonyms: | | be born | | |
| | See Also: | | asphyxiate, buy it, buy the farm, change state, choke, conk, croak, die back, die down, die off, die out, drop dead, drown, fall, famish, kick the bucket, pip out, pop off, predecease, snuff it, starve, succumb, suffocate, turn, yield | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Per"ish\, v. t.
To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | age, antiquate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be done for, be gone, be killed, be lost, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become obsolete, break down, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cease to live, collapse, come to naught, come to nothing, conk out, corrupt, croak, crumble, date, decay, decease, decline, decompose, dematerialize, demise, depart, depart this life, die, die away, die out, disappear, disintegrate, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, end, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fall, fall asleep, flee, fly, fossilize, fust, go, go away, go out, go under, grow old, hide, leave no trace, leave the scene, lose currency, melt, melt away, molder, obsolesce, outdate, part, pass, pass away, pass on, pass out, pass over, peg out, peter out, put off mortality, putrefy, quit this world, retire from sight, return to dust, rot, run out, rust, sink, sink away, spoil, stop breathing, succumb, suffer an eclipse, superannuate, turn, up and die, vanish, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, wear away, yield the ghost |
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