(only in pa. t.) Obs. [f. OF. esteindre (mod. éteindre), pa. pple. esteint:—L. extinguĕre, extinct-um, to EXTINGUISH.] To put out, extinguish.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, i. 442. A gret rein … halfendel the flawme fully asteynte.
