"deperish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: deperishes [present, singular, third-person], deperishing [participle, present], deperished [participle, past], deperished [past]
Etymology: From Middle English deperishen, from Old French deperiss-, extended stem of deperir, from Latin deperīre (“to die down, to perish gradually”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|deperishen}} Middle English deperishen, {{der|en|fro||deperiss-}} Old French deperiss-, {{der|en|la|depereō|deperīre|t=to die down, to perish gradually}} Latin deperīre (“to die down, to perish gradually”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} deperish (third-person singular simple present deperishes, present participle deperishing, simple past and past participle deperished)
  1. (intransitive, rare) To waste away; to deteriorate. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-deperish-en-verb-tH8WfKk~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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