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Verb: reconstruct  `reekun'strúkt
  1. Reassemble mentally
    "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
    - construct, retrace
     
  2. Build again
    - rebuild
     
  3. Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
     
  4. Return to its original or usable and functioning condition
    - restore
     
  5. Do over, as of (part of) a house
    - remodel, redo

Derived forms: reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstructs

See also: reconstruction, reconstructive

Type of: alter, build, change, conjecture, construct, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, make, modify, regenerate, renew, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize

Encyclopedia: Reconstruct