Topic: DEATH
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | perir, from Latin perire 'to be destroyed' |
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per‧ish
1 [intransitive] formal or literaryMX to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way : Hundreds perished when the ship went down.
Hundreds perished when the ship went down.2 [intransitive and transitive] especially British English if rubber or leather perishes, it decays
3 used to say that you hope what someone has suggested will never happen : If we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.
perish the thought!
spoken old-fashionedIf we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.