extirp

verb

1. To extirpate (something).

   obsolete, transitive

   Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.

Where it comes from

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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry extirp (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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