Defn: To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak.
EXTINCTION Ex*tinc"tion, n. Etym: [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F. extinction.]
1. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
EXTINE Ex"tine (; 104), n. Etym: [L. exter on the outside. Cf. Intine.] (bot.)
Defn: The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
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 .
EXTINGUISHABLE
Ex*tin"guish*a*ble, a.