Part 4097

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Extirp</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tirp"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>extirper</ets>.]</ety> <def>To extirpate</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is impossible to <b>extirp</b> it quite, friar. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>.

<h1>Extirpable</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tir"pa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; <as>as, an <ex>extirpable</ex> plant</as>.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Extirpate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tir*pate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extirpated</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extirpating</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extirpatus</ets>, <ets>exstirpatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extirpare</ets>, <ets>exstirpare</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>strips</ets> stock, stem, root.]</ety> <def>To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; <as>as, to <ex>extirpate</ex> weeds; to <ex>extirpate</ex> a tumor; to <ex>extirpate</ex> a sect; to <ex>extirpate</ex> error or heresy.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.</syn>

<h1>Extirpation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tir*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extirpatio</ets>, <ets>exstirpatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extirpation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; <as>as, the <ex>extirpation</ex> of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy</as>.</def>

<h1>Extirpative</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tir*pa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Extirpator</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"tir*pa`tor</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extirpator</ets>, <ets>exstirpator</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extirpateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.</def>

<h1>Extirpatory</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tir"pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Extirpative.</def>

<h1>Extirper</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tirp"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Extirpator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Extispicious</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`ti*spi"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extispicium</ets> an inspection of the inwards for divination; <ets>extra</ets> the entrails + <ets>specer</ets> to look at.]</ety> <def>Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Extogenous</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exter</ets> outward + <ets><?/genous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Exogenous.</def>

<h1>Extol</h1> <Xpage=529>