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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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I perish with hunger! --Luke xv. 17.
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Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. --Milton.
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The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
--Locke.
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