[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

perish \per"ish\, v. i. imp.  p. p. perished; p. pr.  vb.
   n. perishing. oe. perissen, perisshen, f. p'erir, p.
   pr. p'erissant, l. perire to go or run through, come to
   nothing, perish; per through + ire to go. cf. issue, and
   see -ish.
   to be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost;
   to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
   1913 webster

         i perish with hunger                    --luke xv. 17.
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         grow up and perish, as the summer fly.   --milton.
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         the thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking.
                                                  --locke.
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see also:
perished perishing issue -ish 

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