Both Uses of
perish
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- O, how fit a word Is that vile name to perish on my sword!†
Scene 2.2 *
- ] HIPPOLYTA I love not to see wretchedness o'er-charged, And duty in his service perishing.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.