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PER'ISH, pereo, supposed to be compounded of per and eo, to go literally, to depart wholly.

1. To die to lose life in any manner applied to animals. Men perish by disease or decay, by the sword, by drowning, by hunger or famine, &c.

2. To die to wither and decay applied to plants.

3. To waste away as, a leg or an arm has perished.

4. To be in a state of decay or passing away.

Duration, and time which is part of it, is the idea we have of perishing distance.

5. To be destroyed to come to nothing.

Perish the lore that deadens young desire.

6. To fail entirely or to be extirpated. 2 Kings 9

7. To be burst or ruined as, the bottles shall perish.

Luke 5 .

8. To be wasted or rendered useless. Jeremiah 9

9. To be injured or tormented. 1 Corinthians 8

10. To be lost eternally to be sentenced to endless misery. 2 Peter 2

PER'ISH, To destroy. Not legitimate.