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Webster 1913 Edition
Extinct
1.
Extinguished; put out; quenched;
as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is
extinct
; an extinct
volcano.Light, the prime work of God, to me is
extinct
. Milton.
2.
Without a survivor; without force; dead;
as, a family becomes
extinct
; an extinct
feud or law.Ex-tinct′
,Verb.
T.
To cause to be extinct.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extinct
EXTINCT'
,Adj.
1.
Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, fire, light or a lamp is extinct.2.
Being at an end; having no survivor; as, a family or race is extinct.3.
Being at an end; having ceased. The enmity between the families is extinct.My days are extinct. Job.17.
4.
Being at an end, by abolition or disuse; having no force; as, the law is extinct.