1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death.

The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet.
Shak.

If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition.
J. M. Mason.

2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] Shak.

Perditionable
(Per*di"tion*a*ble) a. Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok.

Perdix
(||Per"dix) n. [L., a partridge, Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.

Perdu
(Per*du") (per*du" or per"du), n. [See Perdu, a.]

1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.

2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.

Perdu
(Per*du", Per*due") (per*du" or per"du), a. [F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition.]

1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.

He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.
Fuller.

2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." Beau. & Fl.

Perduellion
(Per`du*el"lion) n. [L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war.] (Civil Law) Treason.

Perdulous
(Per"du*lous) a. [See Perdu, a.] Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.

Perdurability
(Per*dur`a*bil"i*ty) n. Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Perdurable
(Per*dur"a*ble) n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See Perdure.] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] Chaucer. Shak.

Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]

Perdurance
(Per*dur"ance) Perduration
(Per`du*ra"tion) n. Long continuance. [Archaic]

Perdure
(Per*dure") v. i. [L. perdurare; per through + durare to last.] To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic]

The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines.
Hickok.

Perdy
(Per*dy") adv. Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]

Ah, dame! perdy ye have not done me right.
Spenser.

Pere
(Pere) n. A peer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Peregal
(Per*e"gal) a. [OF. par very (L. per) + egal equal, L. aequalis.] Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Peregal to the best." Spenser.

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