extrinsicate
extrinsicate verb: to make extrinsic; to separate out or externalize.
Verb
extrinsicate (third-person singular simple present extrinsicates, present participle extrinsicating, simple past and past participle extrinsicated)
- To make extrinsic; to separate out or externalize.
- Duke Savell notwithstanding, upon these great emergencyes, seemed, though with small hopes of any good effects, willing to extrinsicate his desire in a business which so much conceirned his Prince.1648, conte Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato, An History of the Late Warres and Other State Affaires of the Best Part of Christendom
- God was free to create or not create, that is, to extrinsicate the Word or not, as he chose, and, having resolved to extrinsicate the Word, he was still free to give it the highest possible extrinsication or not, as it pleased himself.1862, Brownson's quarterly review, page 182
Adjective
extrinsicate (comparative more extrinsicate, superlative most extrinsicate)
- Extrinsic; external.
- My lord, know you, there are two sorts of dreams, One sort whereof are only physical, And such are they whereof your Lordship speaks, The other hyper-physical: that is, Dreams sent from heaven, or from the wicked fiends, Which nature doth not form of her own power, But are extrinsicate, by marvel...1600, anonymous author, The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll
- But those we most properly call sins of omission, which are extrinsicate from sins of commission, as not praying, not reading the word, not believing, not feeding the hungry, &c.1868, George Swinnock, Works - Volume 5, page 319
Forms of extrinsicate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | extrinsicates |
| present participle | extrinsicating |
| past participle | extrinsicated |
| past | extrinsicated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more extrinsicate |
| superlative | most extrinsicate |
Origin of extrinsicate
From extrinsic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From extrinsic + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), with participial meaning.
Words formed from extrinsicate
Questions about extrinsicate
- What does extrinsicate mean?
- Extrinsicate means to make extrinsic; to separate out or externalize.
- What part of speech is extrinsicate?
- Extrinsicate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of extrinsicate?
- The past tense of extrinsicate is extrinsicated.
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