extruct

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/ɪkˈstɹʌkt/

verb

To construct.

OriginLatin extructus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person extructs · participle present extructing · participle past extructed · past extructed

  1. obsoleteTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
buildbuild upmake

Origin

  1. Latinextructus
  2. Englishextruct

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extruct

conductconstructductinstructdeductobstructpluckeddestructadductabductinducttruckedshuckedreductDonald Duckedpreconstructsubducttraductunconstruct
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Cite this entry
APA

extruct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extruct

MLA

“extruct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extruct. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extruct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extruct.

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