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Webster 1913 Edition

Extinguish

Ex-tin′guish

(ĕks-tĭṉ′gwĭsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Extinguished
(ĕks-tĭṉ′gwĭsht)
;
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Extinguish

EXTIN'GUISH

,
Verb.
T.
[L. extinguo; ex and stingo, stinguo, or the latter may be a contraction; Gr. to prick, that is, to thrust; or more directly from tingo, to dip, to stain; both probably allied to tango, for tago, to touch.
1.
To put out; to quench; to suffocate; to destroy; as, to extinguish fire or flame.
2.
To destroy; to put an end to; as, to extinguish love or hatred in the breast; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
3.
To cloud or obscure by superior splendor.
4.
To put an end to, by union or consolidation. [See Extinguishment.]

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