Extinguishing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  extinguishing
       n : the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the
           extinction of the lights" [syn: {extinction}, {quenching}]