All 3 Uses
perish
in
Medea, by Euripides - (translated by: E.P. Coleridge)
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- May he perish and find no favour, whoso hath not in him honour for his friends, freely unlocking his heart to them.†
*perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- Be not so hasty, friend, but tell the manner of their death, for thou wouldst give me double joy, if so they perished miserably.†
perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- Perish, vile sorceress, murderess of thy babes!†
perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
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)