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extructing

extructing is the present participle and gerund of extruct.

Meaning of extruct

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

Questions about extructing

What is extructing the present participle and gerund of?
Extructing is the present participle and gerund of extruct.

Words near extructing in the dictionary

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

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