All 3 Uses
perish
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Medea, by Euripides
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- For the ring hath closed, and the portion of death is there; And she flieth not, but perisheth unaware.†
perisheth = dies or is destroyedstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She perisheth" in older English, today we say "She perishes."
- Again, again, Up on his knee he writhed; but that dead breast Clung still to his: till, wild, like one possessed, He dragged himself half free; and, lo, the live Flesh parted; and he laid him down to strive No more with death, but perish; for the deep Had risen above his soul.†
perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- Sons, did ye perish for your father's shame?†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
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to be destroyed or cease to existYou 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)