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ex⋅tin⋅guish
[ik-sting-gwish] 
gwɪʃ
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle. |
| 2. | to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope. |
| 3. | to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance. |
| 4. | Law. to discharge (a debt), as by payment. |
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| ex·tin·guish (ĭk-stĭng'gwĭsh) tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es
[Latin exstinguere : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + stinguere, to quench; see steig- in Indo-European roots.] ex·tin'guish·a·ble adj., ex·tin'guish·ment n. |
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Extinguish
Ex*tin"guish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished; p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]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 .
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Language Translation for : extinguish
Spanish:
extinguir, apagar,
German:
löschen,
Japanese:
消す
extinguish
1509 (implied in extinguishable), from L. extinguere "quench, wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" + stinguere "quench," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·tin·guish
Function: transitive verb
1 : to cause the nonexistence of : do away with
2 : to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : NULLIFY
3 : to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment —ex·tin·guish·able adjective —ex·tin·guish·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: ex·tin·guish
Pronunciation: ik-'sti[ng]-(g)wish
Function: transitive verb
: to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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extinguish ex·tin·guish (ĭk-stĭng'gwĭsh)
n. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es
To bring about the extinction of a conditioned response.
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