Perish

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PERISHED (pēr'isht); p. pr. & vb. n. PERISHING.] [Fr. périr, p. pr. périssant, Pr. périr, It. perire, Sp. & Pg. perecer, Lat. perire, to go or run through, come to nothing, perish, from the prefix per, through, and ire, to go.] 1. To be destroyed; to go to destruction; to pass away; to come to nothing; to be blotted from existence; to be ruined; to be lost. Duration, and time, which is a part of it, is the idea we have of perishing distance. Locke.

2. To die; to lose life; to decease. “Grow up and perish, as the summer fly.” Milton.
3. To lose vital power; to decay gradually, as a limb.