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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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Perish \Per"ish\, v. t.
     To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Perish \Per"ish\, v. t.
     To cause perish. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  perish
       v : 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" [syn: die, decease, go, exit,
            pass away, expire, pass] [ant: be born]

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

  perish
     Αγγλικά vb.
     χάνομαι, πεθαίνω

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

  perish
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to
  nothing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used
  for its original purpose

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

  perish
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to
  nothing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used
  for its original purpose

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

  perish
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to
  nothing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used
  for its original purpose

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

  perish
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to
  nothing.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used
  for its original purpose

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

  perish
     Englanti vb.
     1 kuihtua, tuhoutua
     2 menehtyä, kuolla

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

  perish
     Engelska vb.
     omkomma, förgås

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

  Perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  مت

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  perish //ˈpɛɹɪʃ// 
  заги́вам, заги́на
  to die, to pass away

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
   [bás] hynout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  přestat vycházet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  zaniknout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
   [bás] zahynout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  uhynout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  zkrachovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  trengi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  brüchig werden, verschleißen 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  krepieren  [ugs.]
     Synonym: die
  
   see: dying, perishing, died, perished, dies, perishes, died, perished
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  umkommen, sterben 
   see: perishing, perished, perishes, perished
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  untergehen 
     Synonym: be destroyed
  
   see: perishing, being destroyed, perished, been destroyed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  verderben, schlecht werden 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  verenden 
     Synonym: die
  
   see: perishing, dying, perished, died, perishes, dies, perished, died
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  zugrunde gehen 
     Synonym: decay
  
   see: perishing, decaying, perished, decayed, perishes, decays, perished, decayed
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  
  χάνομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  perish //ˈpɛɹɪʃ// 
  1. kadota, näivettyä
  to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing
  2. pilaantua
  to decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
  3. menehtyä
  to die, to pass away

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  perish /periʃ/
  périr, s'abîmer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/ 
  1. मरना
        "Thousands of people perished in earthquake."
  2. सड जाना
        "The seal on the bottle has perished."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  crknuti, ginuti, izginuti, iščeznuti, propasti, umirati, umrijeti

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  perish //ˈpɛɹɪʃ// 
  binasa, musnah
  to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  perish //ˈpɛɹɪʃ// 
  1. 亡びる, 死ぬ, 滅びる
  2. 亡びる, 死ぬ, 滅びる, 滅亡
  to die, to pass away

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  perish /periʃ/
  perire

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  perish /periʃ/
  creperen, omkomen, ondergaan, sneuvelen, vergaan, verongelukken

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  perish /ˈperɪʃ/ 
   1.  [lit]  ginąć
   2.  zetleć

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  perish /periʃ/
  destruir-se, perecer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  perish //ˈpɛɹɪʃ// 
  omkomma, förgås
  to die, to pass away

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  perish /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
  1. ölmek
  2. mahvolmak, yok olmak, telef olmak, zail olmak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "perish":
     age, antiquate, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed,
     be done for, be gone, be killed, be lost, be no more, be wiped out,
     become extinct, become obsolete, break down, cease, cease to be,
     cease to exist, cease to live, collapse, come to naught,
     come to nothing, conk out, corrupt, croak, crumble, date, decay,
     decease, decline, decompose, dematerialize, demise, depart,
     depart this life, die, die away, die out, disappear, disintegrate,
     dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, end,
     erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away,
     fade out, fall, fall asleep, flee, fly, fossilize, fust, go,
     go away, go out, go under, grow old, hide, leave no trace,
     leave the scene, lose currency, melt, melt away, molder, obsolesce,
     outdate, part, pass, pass away, pass on, pass out, pass over,
     peg out, peter out, put off mortality, putrefy, quit this world,
     retire from sight, return to dust, rot, run out, rust, sink,
     sink away, spoil, stop breathing, succumb, suffer an eclipse,
     superannuate, turn, up and die, vanish, vanish from sight, waste,
     waste away, wear away, yield the ghost
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 毁减,死亡;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 毁灭,死亡,腐烂
     vt. 毁坏,使麻木

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