EXTINGUISH

extinguish. extinguish, put out, or quench

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extinguish. Extinguish, v. to quench, put out, destroy, obscure

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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. 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. 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak.