Extinct \Ex*tinct"\, a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of
extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.]
1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a
lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct.
--Milton.
2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family
becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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