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† exˈtermine, v. Obs.
[ad. F. exterminer, f. L. extermināre: see exterminate.]
1. = exterminate 1. Const. from, out of.
1634Heywood Witches of Lanc. iv. Wks. 1874 IV. 228 Thou had'st extermin'd Thy selfe out of the blest society Of Saints and Angels. 1637― Royal Ship 42 This word..was absolutely extermin'd and excommunicated from all grammaticall construction.
2. = exterminate 2, 3.
1539in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. iii. 172 By fyer & sworde to extermyn & vtterly to destroy the hole nacion. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 181/2 Roger bishop of Salisburie..was..miserablie, but iustlie, extermined. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. v. 89 Your sorrow, and my griefe Were both extermin'd. 1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 331 To extermine their power. |