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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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..
Copperish :: Copperish (a.) Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste..
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.
Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
Unperishable :: Unperishable (a.) Imperishable.
Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.
Imperishability :: Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.
Viperish :: Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To perish or die with cold.
Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..
Drown :: Drown (v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Unperishably :: Unperishably (adv.) Imperishably.
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
Perisse :: Perisse (v. i.) To perish.
Rot :: Rot (v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Perish :: Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.
Tyne :: Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.
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