Definition of perish

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Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away..

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Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..
Perishment :: Perishment (n.) The act of perishing.
Perish :: Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
Biennial :: Biennial (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second..
Immortal :: Immortal (a.) Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance..
Crumble :: Crumble (v. i.) To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish..
Stet :: Sterve (v. t. & i.) To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve..
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Undying :: Undying (a.) Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
Perishably :: Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
Perishable :: Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies..
Unperishable :: Unperishable (a.) Imperishable.
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
Durable :: Durable (a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness..
Deathless :: Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame..
Perished :: Perished (imp. & p. p.) of Peris.
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