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extruct

/ɪkˈstɹʌkt/

extruct verb: to construct.

Verb

extruct (third-person singular simple present extructs, present participle extructing, simple past and past participle extructed)

  1. (obsolete) To construct.
    • These high extructed Spires he writ / That mortal Deltius must quit.a. 1763, John Byrom, Critical Remarks in English and Latin, upon several Passages in Horace

Forms of extruct

third-person singular presentextructs
present participleextructing
past participleextructed
pastextructed

Origin of extruct

From Latin extructus, exstructus, past participle of extruere, exstruere (“to build up”), from ex (“out”) + struere (“to build”).

Words that rhyme with extruct

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Questions about extruct

What does extruct mean?
Extruct means to construct.
What part of speech is extruct?
Extruct is a verb.
How do you pronounce extruct?
Extruct is pronounced /ɪkˈstɹʌkt/.
What is the past tense of extruct?
The past tense of extruct is extructed.

Words near extruct in the dictionary

  1. extrovertive
  2. extrovertly
  3. extrovertness
  4. extroverts
  5. extrovillous
  6. extruct
  7. extructed
  8. extructing
  9. extruction
  10. extructions
  11. extructive

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