Definitions for: Extinct


[adj] of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[adj] of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames"
[adj] no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*tinct", a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of
extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.]
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", v. t.
To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms: dead, extinguished, inactive, nonextant, out(p), quenched

Antonyms: active, dormant, extant

See Also: nonexistent

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