Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To extirpate; root out; eradicate; expel.
- To speak abusively; rail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To extirpate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
extirpate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is well allied: but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar, till eating and drinking be put down.
Measure for Measure 2004
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Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is well allied; but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar, till eating and drinking be put down.
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Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is well allied: but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar, till eating and drinking be put down.
Measure for Measure 1604
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_ Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; 95 it is well allied: but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar, till eating and drinking be put down.
Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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Parliament; its object was to enable the King as Supreme Head to effect the "increase of virtue in Christ's Religion within this Realm of England, and to repress and extirp all Errors, Heresies and other
Henry VIII. 1908
hernesheir commented on the word extirp
Nowadays, extirpate.
November 24, 2010