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See what is being said? (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lip-read

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'see' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for lip-read that I've seen before include "How to "hear" when deaf" , "Interpret someone''s words when deaf" , "Understand by watching mouth" , "'Hear' by looking" , "Understand without hearing" .)

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