English Explanatory Dictionary

disperish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be ruined or lost; to perish.
  2. To perish utterly.

Word forms

disperish disperishes disperishing disperished dispersh

Etymology

First attested in 1382, from Middle English disperishen, from Old French desperiss-, extended stem of desperir, from Latin disperīre (“to go completely to ruin”).

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