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perire
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See also: periré
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
perìre (first-person singular present perìsco, first-person singular past historic perìi, past participle perìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (in the archaic transitive usage) avére)
- (literary, intransitive) to die, perish [auxiliary essere]
- (literary, intransitive) to waste away, perish (of inanimate objects) [auxiliary essere]
- (literary, intransitive, figurative) to end, to cease [auxiliary essere]
- (archaic, transitive) to kill, to destroy, to ruin
Conjugation
1Intransitive.
2In the archaic transitive usage.
Including lesser-used forms:
1Intransitive.
2In the archaic transitive usage.
3Archaic or poetic.
Derived terms
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Latin
Verb
perīre
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