'Extinguishing' definitions:
Definition of 'extinguishing'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: extinction, extinguishing, quenching]
Definition of 'Extinguishing'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- This extinguishes my right to the reversion. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. [1913 Webster]
- Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak . [1913 Webster]