What does "perish" mean?
Perish: Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke.
Additional senses
- 2.To cause perish. [Obs.] Bacon.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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