Home › Words › R › restinguishrestinguishrestinguish means to quench or extinguish.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, restinguish ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin restinguere, restinctum, from re- (“re-”) + stinguere (“to quench”).verbTo quench or extinguish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).