restinguish
English
Etymology
From Latin restinguere, restinctum, from re- (“re-”) + stinguere (“to quench”).
Verb
restinguish (third-person singular simple present restinguishes, present participle restinguishing, simple past and past participle restinguished)
- (obsolete, transitive) To quench or extinguish.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for restinguish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)