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perishless

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per⋅ish

  [per-ish]
Use perishless in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
2. to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished.
3. to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire.
4. to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish.
—Idiom
5. perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
Origin:
1200–50; ME perissen < OF periss-, long s. of perir < L perīre to perish, lit., go through, spend fully, equiv. to per- per- + īre to go

Related forms:
per⋅ish⋅less, adjective
per⋅ish⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. expire. See die 1 . 2. wither, shrivel, rot, molder, vanish.

Antonyms:
2. appear.
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