different between perish vs peris

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

Noun

peris

1. plural of peri

Anagrams

• 'spire, Piers, Speir, Spier, piers, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire

Latin

Verb

per?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pere?