Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extinct"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extinct \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extinct \Ex*tinct"\, v. t.
To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

extinct
adj 1: 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" [syn: {nonextant}] [ant: {extant}]
2: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[syn: {inactive}] [ant: {active}, {dormant}]
3: 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" [syn: {extinguished}, {out(p)}, {quenched}]


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