Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To construct again; rebuild.
  • transitive verb To assemble or build again mentally; re-create.
  • transitive verb Linguistics To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.
  • transitive verb To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To construct again; rebuild.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To construct again; to restore.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb reassemble mentally
  • verb return to its original or usable and functioning condition
  • verb build again
  • verb do over, as of (part of) a house
  • verb cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

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Examples

  • Robin reconstruct's my argument well, but I watn to make some changes to his version that better reflect my original intent:

    An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings 2008

  • Use of the word reconstruct implies that there were preexisting quality relationships.

    HHCom 9 Miss Snark 2006

  • So much one can reconstruct from the first glimpse across the valley; but when one enters the town all perspective is lost in chaos.

    Fighting France 1915

  • I should have mentioned that with the original text it's not too difficult (unlike this editor) to "reconstruct" the original EXOIII card

    Star Trek TOS HD Screenshots with some modifications Randy Wilharm 2009

  • I should have mentioned that with the original text it's not too difficult (unlike this editor) to "reconstruct" the original EXOIII card

    Archive 2009-04-01 Randy Wilharm 2009

  • The other part of the problem is there was absolutely no case history on anybody there, so we had to kind of reconstruct who these folks were, and now some have been transferred, others are bound for transfer, others are bound for trial, and some are still there as detainees whose status is undetermined.

    David Axelrod Won't Commit To Closing Guantanamo By End Of 2010 2010

  • And I know Judd could now "reconstruct" Andrew's heart but this seemed more like something he hadn't tried before than something new.

    The Hostage to Pleasure Spoiler Thread Nalini Singh 2008

  • In fact, dozens of people assured me in private on my most recent visit to Kabul that favoritism and corruption are the essence of the Karzai government the U.S. has helped "reconstruct" over the last eight years.

    Pratap Chatterjee: Anatomy of an Afghan Culture of Corruption 2009

  • The main players, Louis XIV, Madame de Brinvilliers, Madame de Montespan, La Reynie, are well enough documented that we can attempt to 'reconstruct' their characters as they might have been even given differing interpretations by historians.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Tim Stretton 2009

  • The main players, Louis XIV, Madame de Brinvilliers, Madame de Montespan, La Reynie, are well enough documented that we can attempt to 'reconstruct' their characters as they might have been even given differing interpretations by historians.

    :Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009

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