Both Uses of
perish
in
Dubliners
- He lies slain by the coward hounds He raised to glory from the mire; And Erin's hopes and Erin's dreams Perish upon her monarch's pyre.†
Chpt 12 *
- Both of them kissed Gabriel's wife, said she must be perished alive, and asked was Gabriel with her.†
Chpt 15
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.