Both Uses of "perish" in "The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran"

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Both Uses

perish
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The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
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And we will give it unto our children, and they unto their children, and it shall not perish.†
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perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.†

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Definitions:

(1) (perish)
to die -- especially in an unnatural way

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to be destroyed or cease to exist

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.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)