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per·ish Audio Help   (pěr'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   per·ished, per·ish·ing, per·ish·es

v.   intr.

To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner: "Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imagination?" (George Bernard Shaw).
To pass from existence; disappear gradually: "Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish" (A.J. Balfour).
Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.

v. tr.
To bring to destruction; destroy: "Many foul blights/Perish'd his hard won gains" (Thomas Hood).

[Middle English perishen, from Old French perir, periss-, to perish, from Latin perīre : per-, per- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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