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unextinct

adj

Etymology

From un- + extinct (adjective).

  1. derived from *stengʷ-✻ — “to push”
  2. derived from extīnctus
  3. inherited from extinct — “eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”
  4. prefixed as unextinct — “un + extinct”

Definitions

  1. Not extinct

    Not extinct; still living.

    • There was only one person in the village who had actually known Luella Miller. That person was a woman well over eighty, but a marvel of vitality and unextinct youth.

  2. To make not extinct

    To make not extinct; especially, to return an extinct species to existence.

    • Removing graffiti. Unextincting the dodo bird.
    • He was a resequenced neanderthal named Stiggins and soon to be, I assumed, divisional head of SO-13, the department that policed all unextincted creatures.
    • The good news is that, with the exception of the giant auk which will only return if genetic cloning can find a way to 'unextinct' it, there are ways of getting our wildlife out of the intensive care unit.

  3. To correct, or otherwise account for the extinction of an astronomical object.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA