单词 | extinguishment |
释义 | extinguishmentn. The action of extinguishing; the fact of being extinguished; = extinction n. 1. a. The quenching (of fire, light, anything burning or shining). Cf. extinguish v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light extinguishment1509 extinctiona1513 extinct1606 extincture1609 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] bleschingc1440 sleckingc1440 slockeningc1440 quenchoura1475 extinguishment1509 extinctiona1513 extincture1609 quench?1611 fire-extinguishing1840 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xliii. iv Evermore, without extinguyshment, In burnyng tongues he shall be permanent. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 357 Lamps..which have burned without extinguishment from many foregoing generations. 1724 T. Richers tr. Hist. Royal Geneal. Spain 326 To endeavour the Extinguishment of those Flames. 1870 Daily News 19 Aug. 6 The men skilled in extinguishment far away. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing quench-fire1657 extinguishment1667 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 58 Application of remora's and extinguishments, to both wind and fire. 2. transferred and figurative. Cf. extinguish v. 2. ΚΠ ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.i Theyr payne haue none extinguysshement. 1546 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. viii. 218 The..vtter extingguysshement of the seyd grugge & dyspleasure. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 62 When once the wound beginneth to be purple, greene, or blacke, it is a signe..of the extinguishment of the venome. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 70 An extinguishment of love. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) x. 179 The final extinguishment of the king's reason. 3. a. The putting a total end to (something), blotting out of existence; suppression (of an institution). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 1537 Acts Irel. 28 Hen. VIII c. xiii Statutes..made for the..extinguishment out of this land of the pretended power of the Bishop of Rome. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 32 The extinguishment of anye one of them [foure complexions] is the destruction of the bodye. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 397 That for extinguishments of all Ambiguities and doubts, it may be enacted, etc. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent v. 66 A Total Extinguishment of the Custom. 1865 Reader 2 Sept. 253/2 Munitions of war, which not only influenced banefully..the fortunes of Prince Charlie, but led..to their final extinguishment. b. The putting an end to (a contract, right, etc.); abolition (of a law, custom, †tax). In Law also spec. ‘the annihilation of a collateral interest, or the supersedure of one interest by another and greater interest’ (Wharton Law Lex.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > of decree, law, etc. extinguishment1528 renversinga1614 supersession1790 denunciation1885 society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation reversing?a1425 repealing1431 abatementc1436 cancellingc1440 annullation1449 defeasance1456 voidance1488 reversal1489 reduction1496 repeal1503 extinguishment1528 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 obrogation1535 unplacing1554 nullity1555 reversement1572 reclaim1604 disaffirmancea1626 avoidance1628 rescinding1638 cassating1647 vacating1648 voiding1649 defease1650 annulment1651 unlawing1651 defeat1657 vacuating1684 peremption1726 invalidation1771 rescindment1783 supersession1790 disaffirmation1827 disenactment1859 discharge1892 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxv A relese shall enure by way of extynguysshment. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 10 §1 The..extinguishment of all suche subtill practised feoffementes. 1554 in Depositions, etc. (Surtees Soc. No. 21) 57 For the..extinguishment of a mariage solempnized betwixt them in their infancies. 1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 36 Charged with the extinguishment of many excellent Laws. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 307 A suspension but not extinguishment of rights. 1886 Law Rep.: Weekly Notes 27 Feb. 35/2 The accounts..were limited to the period before Michaelmas, 1881, the time from which the extinguishment took effect. c. The full discharge, ‘wiping out’ (of a debt or obligation). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] satisfaction1398 acquittance?a1400 amortizement1439 financec1460 discharge1534 clearing1579 settlement1729 discharging1735 settling1761 liquidation1786 extinguishment1796 amortization1810 service1817 amortizing1840 extinction1845 clearance1858 pay-off1864 admortization1903 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 266 To provide for the extinguishment of the existing debt. 1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. iv §i. 664 The extinguishment of the principal obligation necessarily involving in it the discharge of the surety. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) iv. 7 Reciprocal extinguishment of obligations. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > ceasing to exist > of a family, race, species, etc. extinguishment1539 extinction1602 extinct1606 1539 R. Taverner Garden of Wysdom sig. B.iiiv Syngle lyfe hathe these incommodyties..extinguyshement of bloude, a straunger to be thyne heire. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 210 Rebellion, wherein he perished himselfe, and made a final extinguishment of his house and honour. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 114 By the extinguishment of the Picts, it reached also unto Tweed. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation anientizement1429 deletiona1513 extincting1513 annihilment1526 exterminion1528 nulling1538 annihilation1541 exterminationc1550 nullity1555 annihilating1577 massacre1595 extinguishment1599 extinct1606 expunction1615 extinction1615 discreationa1628 nullificationa1631 nullifying1640 decreation1647 defacedness1668 extinguishinga1676 erasurea1794 exterminating1796 blotting out1808 naughting1913 wipeout1968 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 62 When deaths forme appeares, she [sc. the soul] feareth not An vtter quenching, or extinguishment. 1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 327 A most absolute extinguishment as well of the soule as of the body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1504 |
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