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Definition of Puzzle out
1. Verb. Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of. "He could not work the math problem"
Generic synonyms: Understand
Entails: Reason
Specialized synonyms: Answer, Resolve, Riddle, Strike, Guess, Infer, Answer, Break
Derivative terms: Solution, Solvent, Solver, Solving, Workable
Definition of Puzzle out
1. Verb. To figure out; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puzzle Out
Literary usage of Puzzle out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry and Prose: Being Essays on Modern English Poetry by Adolphus Alfred Jack (1912)
"You have to read it two or three times to puzzle out a story which is more implied
than told : to find out, for example, that 'Madam' is the hero's wife, ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"Read, September 1716, Jaeger 8, and could puzzle out Jaeger 5; November 22d, ...
1890, $J in both eyes, and could puzzle out f$ ; November i8th, ..."
3. British Sports and Pastimes. 1868 by Anthony Trollope (1868)
"The hounds were obliged then to puzzle out their own quarry, or to give it up.
Men were more patient than they now are, and the hounds were allowed to ..."
4. Vocabulary Centers, Grades 1-2 by Jo Ellen Moore (2006)
"Read each puzzle out loud. 4. Work together to do your own activity sheet. 5.
Use the answer key to check your answers. Independent Practice 1. ..."
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