EXTINGUISHES

Verb

extinguishes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinguish

Source: Wiktionary


EXTINGUISH

Ex*tin"guish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished(); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] Etym: [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 .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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