PERISH
\pˈɛɹɪʃ], \pˈɛɹɪʃ], \p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of PERISH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
By Princeton University
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pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To pass away completely: to waste away: to decay: to lose life: to be destroyed: to be ruined or lost.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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