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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Earthliness :: Earthliness (n.) The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
Emperished :: Emperished (a.) Perished; decayed.
Vestige :: Vestige (n.) The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population..
Imperishable :: Imperishable (a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown..
Sycite :: Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants..
Ruin :: Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Perishability :: Perishability (n.) Perishableness.
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..
Perisse :: Perisse (v. i.) To perish.
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To die; to perish.
Immortal :: Immortal (a.) Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame..
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..
Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.
Dying :: Dying (a.) In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies..
Drown :: Drown (v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Endure :: Endure (v. i.) To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
Tyne :: Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.
Viperish :: Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
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