What does linquish mean?
Linquish means (obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up..
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/ˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ · verb
(obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up..
But now a while I linquiſh this conflict, / And paſſe beyond the ſeas without a backe[…]
They pittie not their owne ſpirituall miſery how Satan deludes them of the Beniſſon; but are foggie, full of feſtiuitie, loth to linquiſh, like to languiſh, and illiterated[…]
For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated / Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.
Use linquish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Linquish means (obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up..
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But now a while I linquiſh this conflict, / And paſſe beyond the ſeas without a backe[…]
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