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Extinguish
Pronunciation : Ex*tin"guish
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]
Definition : 1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone.
2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak .
t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished(); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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