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English Dictionary: extinct	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extinct adj 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" Synonym(s): extinct, nonextant Antonym(s): extant (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" Antonym(s): active being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" Synonym(s): extinct, out(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extinct \Extinct"\, 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.