Definition of perish

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Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.

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Perished :: Perished (imp. & p. p.) of Peris.
Copperish :: Copperish (a.) Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste..
Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..
Ruin :: Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Drown :: Drown (v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
Deathless :: Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame..
Perishably :: Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
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..
Perish :: Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Starve :: Starve (v. i.) To perish or die with cold.
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..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To perish; to die; -- used of a person.
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..
Swelter :: Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..
Damp Off :: Damp off () To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
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