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perish
English
Etymology
From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French periss-, stem of certain parts of perir, from Latin per?re (“to pass away, perish”), present active infinitive of pere?, from per (“through”) + e? (“to go”); see iter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p????/
- Homophone: parish (some accents)
- Hyphenation: per?ish
Verb
perish (third-person singular simple present perishes, present participle perishing, simple past and past participle perished)
- (intransitive) 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.
- 1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa
- (intransitive) To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose
- 2015, Christopher Cumo, Foods that Changed History
- The difficulty is that fresh foods perish due to the multiplication in them of harmful bacteria.
- 2015, Christopher Cumo, Foods that Changed History
- (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
- Synonyms: decease, pass away; see also Thesaurus:die
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Friendship
- that closeness did impair and a little perish his understanding
- 1898, William Pett Ridge, By Order of the Magistrate, page 209:
- "Leggo my shou'der, I tell you! Leggo!" He struggled with her, and the customers came forward. "Chrise! I'll perish you, if you ain't careful!" He turned suddenly,...
Derived terms
- perish the thought
Related terms
- perishable
Translations
Further reading
- perish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hipers, pisher, reship, seriph
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doom
English
Etymology
From Middle English dome, dom, from Old English d?m (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *d?maz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?óh?mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. Doublet of duma. See also deem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?m/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Noun
doom (countable and uncountable, plural dooms)
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
- (countable, obsolete) A law.
- (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
- (countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- Death.
- They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
Antonyms
- (undesirable fate): fortune
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- deem
- -dom
Translations
Verb
doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)
- (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
- Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
- To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- (obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
- (archaic, US, New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
Translations
See also
- doomsday
- doomsaying
- damn
Anagrams
- Odom, mood
Wolof
Pronunciation
Noun
doom (definite form doom ji)
- child, offspring
- seed
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