perishen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English perishen, equivalent to perish + -en.
Verb[edit]
perishen
- (obsolete) plural simple present of perish
- 1606, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania, that is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, containing all Philosophie:
- And that his parents perishen for want;
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
- All perishen of man, of pelf,
Ne aught escapen but himself;
- 1854, William G. T. Barter, The Iliad of Homer, Literally Rendered in Spenserian Stanza. With Preface and Notes:
- But dull's thy soul, thy people perishen.