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disperish

disperish verb: to be ruined or lost; to perish.

Verb

disperish (third-person singular simple present disperishes, present participle disperishing, simple past and past participle disperished)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To be ruined or lost; to perish.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To perish utterly.

Forms of disperish

third-person singular presentdisperishes
present participledisperishing
past participledisperished
pastdisperished
alternative formdispersh

Origin of disperish

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

Questions about disperish

What does disperish mean?
Disperish means to be ruined or lost; to perish.
What part of speech is disperish?
Disperish is a verb.
What is the past tense of disperish?
The past tense of disperish is disperished.

Words near disperish in the dictionary

  1. disperception
  2. disperceptions
  3. disperge
  4. disperged
  5. disperging
  6. disperish
  7. dispermic
  8. dispermous
  9. dispermy
  10. disperple
  11. disperpled

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