Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To extirpate (something).

Origin

From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“th

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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Forms

extirps, extirping, extirped, extirped
Base formextirp · to extirp
3rd person singularextirps
Present participleextirping
Past simpleextirped
Past participleextirped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyextirp
he, she, itextirps

Past simpleLesson

all personsextirped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave extirped
he, she, ithas extirped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill extirp

Word family

1 related words
Derivedextirpable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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