All 13 Uses of
perish
in
Ben Hur
- Had he been a Gentile, and lived, the world might have heard of him as the rival of Herodes Atticus: as it was, he perished at sea some ten years before this second period of our story, in the prime of life, and lamented everywhere in Judea.†
Chpt 2.6perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- By its help the weak sometimes thrive, when the strong perish.†
Chpt 3.3 *perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- At least, better perish with him than survive a galley-slave.†
Chpt 3.5
- "Here, Messala!" cried a man behind him; "here am I, perishing in the mob, and begging a drachma to settle with the ragged ferryman.†
Chpt 4.12perishing = dying or being destroyed; or extremely cold
- and then, in the perishing moment, out of the depths of thy life thrill them to one exertion the mightiest of all?†
Chpt 4.13
- "I will tell you," she said: "a traveller found it perishing by the roadside on the plain of Rephaim."†
Chpt 5.3
- thou art so certainly perishing before my eyes.†
Chpt 5.3
- Body, I have not; it perished in thy cause; but with mind and heart I will serve thee.†
Chpt 5.7perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- One hundred and fifty thousand Galilean youths perished in the final war with Rome.†
Chpt 7.1
- We all do know, however, that it has never perished entirely out of mind.†
Chpt 7.3
- Those hands had helped him when he was perishing.†
Chpt 7.5perishing = dying or being destroyed; or extremely cold
- The things of nature about the hill to keep her sensitive to the world's attractions were wretchedly scant; beasts and birds avoided the place as if they knew its history and present use; every green thing perished in its first season; the winds warred upon the shrubs and venturous grasses, leaving to drought such as they could not uproot.†
Chpt 8.3perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- The elder leper arose from bending over the fainting sufferer, and gazed about her with that sensation of hope perishing which is more nearly like annihilation of the soul than anything else.†
Chpt 8.3perishing = dying or being destroyed; or extremely cold
Definition:
to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to exist
or:
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.