Thesaurus: perish

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1. v. i. To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
2. v. t. To cause perish.
3. v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
4. To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17. Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke. To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.
5. To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17.Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton.The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke.
6. v:100 v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life