- (v.i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
- (v.t.) To cause perish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "perish" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/perish/definitions/2043918> |