extirp

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verb

To extirpate (something).

OriginFrench extirper ← Latin exstirpō →
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Meanings

verbextirp (third-person singular simple present extirps, present participle extirping, simple past and past participle extirped)

present singular third person extirps · participle present extirping · participle past extirped · past extirped

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo extirpate (something).

    Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 73, column 2

Origin

  1. Latinexstirpō“to uproot”
  2. Frenchextirper
  3. Englishextirp

From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extirp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extirp.

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