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perish

Definitions


[ˈpɛrɪʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- die, especially in a violent or sudden way
(e.g: a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease)

- (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay
(e.g: an abandoned tyre whose rubber had perished)

- be suffering from extreme cold
(e.g: I was perished with cold before the end of the day)


Phrases:
- perish the thought

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French periss-, lengthened stem of perir, from Latin perire ‘pass away’, from per- ‘through, completely’ + ire ‘go’




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