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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Perishing.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p['e]rir, p.
     pr. p['e]rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to
     nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and
     see -ish.]
     To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;
     to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
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           I perish with hunger!                    --Luke xv. 17.
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           Grow up and perish, as the summer fly.   --Milton.
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           The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
                                                    --Locke.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Perish \Per"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perished; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Perishing.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. p['e]rir, p.
     pr. p['e]rissant, L. perire to go or run through, come to
     nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. Cf. Issue, and
     see -ish.]
     To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;
     to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
  
           I perish with hunger!                    --Luke xv. 17.
  
           Grow up and perish, as the summer fly.   --Milton.
  
           The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
                                                    --Locke.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     a.
     1 Extremely cold.
     2 Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
     n.
     The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en perish nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     a.
     1 Extremely cold.
     2 Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
     n.
     The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en perish nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     a.
     1 Extremely cold.
     2 Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
     n.
     The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en perish nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     a.
     1 Extremely cold.
     2 Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
     n.
     The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
     vb.
     (present participle of en perish nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p erish ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  perishing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en perish ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb perish)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Perishing /pˈɛɹɪʃɪŋ/
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