Definition of perish

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Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.

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Die :: Die (v. i.) To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
Durable :: Durable (a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness..
Deathless :: Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame..
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..
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..
Perishable :: Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies..
Perishing :: Perishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peris.
Sycite :: Sychnocarpous (a.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants..
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish..
Perisse :: Perisse (v. i.) To perish.
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..
Viperish :: Viperish (a.) Somewhat like a viper; viperous.
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..
Emperished :: Emperished (a.) Perished; decayed.
Earthliness :: Earthliness (n.) The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
Imperishability :: Imperishability (n.) The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility.
Ruin :: Ruin (v. i.) To fall to ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Perishably :: Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
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