Extrinsicate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To make extrinsic; to separate out or externalize.
"Duke Savell notwithstanding, upon these great emergencyes, seemed, though with small hopes of any good effects, willing to extrinsicate his desire in a business which so much conceirned his Prince."
- 1 Extrinsic; external. obsolete
"My lord, know you, there are two sorts of dreams, One sort whereof are only physical, And such are they whereof your Lordship speaks, The other hyper-physical: that is, Dreams sent from heaven, or from the wicked fiends, Which nature doth not form of her own power, But are extrinsicate, by marvel wrought, And such was mine."
Example
More examples"Duke Savell notwithstanding, upon these great emergencyes, seemed, though with small hopes of any good effects, willing to extrinsicate his desire in a business which so much conceirned his Prince."
Etymology
From extrinsic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From extrinsic + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), with participial meaning.
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