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extirp

extirp verb: to extirpate (something).

Verb

extirp (third-person singular simple present extirps, present participle extirping, simple past and past participle extirped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To extirpate (something).
    • Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of extirp

third-person singular presentextirps
present participleextirping
past participleextirped
pastextirped

Origin of extirp

From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate.

Words formed from extirp

Questions about extirp

What does extirp mean?
Extirp means to extirpate (something).
What part of speech is extirp?
Extirp is a verb.
What is the past tense of extirp?
The past tense of extirp is extirped.

Words near extirp in the dictionary

  1. extinguishings
  2. extinguishment
  3. extinguishments
  4. extinguisht
  5. extIPA
  6. extirp
  7. extirpability
  8. extirpable
  9. extirpate
  10. extirpated
  11. extirpates

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