different between perish vs forfare

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)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.

   Synonyms: decease, pass away; see also Thesaurus:die
4. (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

English

Etymology

From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaran?, equivalent to for- +? fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).

Verb

forfare (third-person singular simple present forfares, present participle forfaring, simple past forfared or forfore, past participle forfared or forfaren)

1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To destroy; ruin.

Related terms

• forfairn