perish with/ by sth.
Marianne Uehlin... - Tue, 10/18/2016 - 19:15
English Description:
to be lost or destroyed
Etym. online:
mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.
German Translation:
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