EXTINCT', adjective [Latin extinctus. See Extinguish. 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 17:1. 4. Being at an end, by abolition or disuse; having no force; as, the law is extinct
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