English Explanatory Dictionary

deperish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To waste away; to deteriorate.

Word forms

deperish deperishes deperishing deperished

Etymology

From Middle English deperishen, from Old French deperiss-, extended stem of deperir, from Latin deperīre (“to die down, to perish gradually”).

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