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English Dictionary: perish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for perish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perish v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" Synonym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it Antonym(s): be born
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[82]rir, p. pr. p[82]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.