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.
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
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To destroy.
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To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
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A kiln.
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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…
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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
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To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
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To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…
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To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
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To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
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To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…
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To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
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To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…
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To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
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The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a…
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A tithing.
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A tithing.
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of Quench
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of Quench
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One who snuffs.
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One who snuffs.
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To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
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To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…
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The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a…
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