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Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. {Extinguished}([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); 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.
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A light which the fierce winds have no power to
extinguish. --Prescott.
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This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
--Blackstone.
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2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
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Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak
.
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