Perish

PER'ISH, verb intransitive [Latin pereo, supposed to be compounded of per and eo, to go; literally, to depart wholly.]

1. To die; to lose life in any manner; applied to animals. Men perish by disease or decay, by the sword, by drowning, by hunger or famine, etc.

2. To die; to wither and decay; applied to plants.

3. To waste away; as, a leg or an arm has perished.

4. To be in a state of decay or passing away.

Duration, and time which is part of it, is the idea we have of perishing distance.

5. To be destroyed; to come to nothing.

Perish the lore that deadens young desire.

6. To fail entirely or to be extirpated. [[2 Kings 9#8|2 Kings 9:8]].

7. To be burst or ruined; as, the bottles shall perish

[[Luke 5#37|Luke 5:37]].

8. To be wasted or rendered useless. [[Jeremiah 9#12|Jeremiah 9:12]].

9. To be injured or tormented. [[1 Corinthians 8#11|1 Corinthians 8:11]].

10. To be lost eternally; to be sentenced to endless misery. [[2 Peter 2#12|2 Peter 2:12]].

PER'ISH, verb transitive To destroy. [Not legitimate.]