EXTINCT', a. [L. extinctus. See Extinguish.
1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, fire, light or a lamp is extinct.
2. Being at an end; having no survivor; as, a family or race is extinct.
3. Being at an end; having ceased. The enmity between the families is extinct.
My days are extinct. Job 17.
4. Being at an end, by abolition or disuse; having no force; as, the law is extinct.
