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. 7. To be burst or ruined; as, the bottles shall perish Luke 5:37. 8. To be wasted or rendered useless. Jeremiah 9:12. 9. To be injured or tormented. 1 Corinthians 8:11. 10. To be lost eternally; to be sentenced to endless misery. 2 Peter 2:12. PER'ISH, verb transitive To destroy. [Not legitimate.]