OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 16732

perish

/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perecer
To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa I consider time as a treasure decreasing every night; and that which every day diminishes soon perishes for ever.
fenecer • perecer
To die; to cease to live.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the citie reioyceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
[…]the ship struck upon a sand, and […] the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our cl…