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Webster 1913 Edition


Extorsive

Ex-tor′sive

,
Adj.
[See
Extort
.]
Serving or tending to extort.
[R.]
Johnson.
Ex-tor′sive-ly
,
adv.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Extorsive

EXTORS'IVE

,
Adj.
[See Extort.] Serving to extort; tending to draw from by compulsion.

Definition 2024


extorsive

extorsive

English

Adjective

extorsive (comparative more extorsive, superlative most extorsive)

  1. Serving or tending to extort.
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