Meaning of DEFUNCT
| Pronunciation: | | di'fungkt
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- [adj] having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
- [adj] no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization"
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\De*funct"\ a. [L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit
one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to
perform, discharge: cf. F. d['e]funt. See {Function}.]
Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. ``Defunct
organs.'' --Shak.
The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. --Byron.
\De*funct"\, n.
A dead person; one deceased.
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| | Definition: | | A corporation no longer operative; having ceased to exist. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ago, all bets off, all gone, all off, all over, all up, annihilated, antiquated, antique, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at an end, at rest, bereft of life, blown over, breathless, by, bygone, bypast, called home, canceled, carrion, cold, complete, concluded, croaked, dated, dead, dead and buried, dead and gone, death-struck, deceased, decided, deleted, demised, departed, departed this life, destitute of life, done, done for, done with, down the drain, elapsed, ended, exanimate, expired, expunged, extinct, fallen, fini, finished, food for worms, forgotten, gone, gone glimmering, gone to glory, gone west, gone-by, had it, has-been, inactive, inanimate, inapplicable, inert, inoperative, invalid, irrecoverable, kaput, kaputt, lapsed, late, late lamented, launched into eternity, lifeless, lost, martyred, no more, obsolete, out, outmoded, over, passe, passed, passed away, passed on, past, perfected, perished, pushing up daisies, released, reposing, resting easy, run out, sainted, set at rest, settled, shot, sleeping, smitten with death, SOL, still, stillborn, taken away, taken off, terminated, through, through with, unusable, unused, vanished, washed up, wiped out, with the Lord, with the saints, without life, without vital functions, wound up, zapped |
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