deperish

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To waste away; to deteriorate. intransitive,rare
    — We shall pull him through this awkward pass; but sometimes I fear that we shall do so only to see him deperish from mere inanition and want of nourishment ...

词形变化

deperishes present,singular,third-person deperishing participle,present deperished participle,past deperished past

词源

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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