EXTIRP

Etymology

Verb

extirp (third-person singular simple present extirps, present participle extirping, simple past and past participle extirped)

(obsolete) To extirpate.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*tirp" (, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. extirper.]

Definition: To extirpate. [Obs.] It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. Shak .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCHNORR

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