Definition of Extricates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of extricate) ¹

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Definition of Extricates

1. extricate [v] - See also: extricate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extricates

extremities
extremitys
extremization
extremized
extremogram
extremophile
extremophiles
extremophilic
extremotolerant
extremum
extremums
extricable
extricate
extricated
extricates
extricating
extrication
extrications
extrinsic
extrinsic allergic alveolitis
extrinsic asthma
extrinsic colour
extrinsic factor
extrinsic fraud
extrinsic incubation period
extrinsic motivation
extrinsic muscles
extrinsic pathway

Literary usage of Extricates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... Jr.— Capture of All the Federal Artillery—Forrest Extricates His Command and Re- crosses the Tennessee River on the Following Day—Back at Columbia. ..."

2. Daniel Defoe: How to Know Him by William Peterfield Trent (1916)
"... VIII DEFOE Extricates HIMSELF FROM THE TOILS—AUGUST, 1714-1715 IT USED to be believed that after the death of Queen Anne, Defoe retired from politics, ..."

3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"Lafayette Extricates Himself from a Perilous Position by a Clew Manoeuvre. York Town May 24th 1778. Sir, I take the liberty to inclose three Letters which ..."

4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... Duck river—Affair at Spring Hill—Schofield extricates his army—Battle of Franklin—Repulse of Hood—Thomas directs Schofield to retreat to Nashville—Grant ..."

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