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restinguish

restinguish verb: to quench or extinguish.

Verb

restinguish (third-person singular simple present restinguishes, present participle restinguishing, simple past and past participle restinguished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To quench or extinguish.
    • a. 1616 (written), 1717 (published) A View of the Controversies in Religion, which in these last times have caused the Lamentable Divisions in the Christian World
      the Thirst of languishing Soules is Restinguished

Forms of restinguish

third-person singular presentrestinguishes
present participlerestinguishing
past participlerestinguished
pastrestinguished

Origin of restinguish

From Latin restinguere, restinctum, from re- (“re-”) + stinguere (“to quench”).

Questions about restinguish

What does restinguish mean?
Restinguish means to quench or extinguish.
What part of speech is restinguish?
Restinguish is a verb.
What is the past tense of restinguish?
The past tense of restinguish is restinguished.

Words near restinguish in the dictionary

  1. resting-place
  2. resting-places
  3. restinging
  4. restingly
  5. restings
  6. restinguish
  7. restinguished
  8. restinguishes
  9. restinguishing
  10. restio
  11. restionaceous

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