All 4 Uses of
perish
in
Wuthering Heights
- My human fixture and her satellites rushed to welcome me; exclaiming, tumultuously, they had completely given me up: everybody conjectured that I perished last night; and they were wondering how they must set about the search for my remains.†
Chpt 3
- If all else perished, and HE remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.†
Chpt 9 *
- Not THERE — not in heaven — not perished — where?†
Chpt 16
- And do you imagine that beautiful young lady, that healthy, hearty girl, will tie herself to a little perishing monkey like you?†
Chpt 27
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.