Category: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.]

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.

Perish Per"ish, v. t.

Defn: to cause perish. [obs.] Bacon.