Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.

2. (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.