[syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reconstruct \Re`con*struct"\ (-str?kt"), v. t.
To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or
anew.
[1913 Webster]
Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reconstruct
v 1: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years
ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
2: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a
bomb" [syn: rebuild, reconstruct]
3: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
4: return to its original or usable and functioning condition;
"restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn:
restore, reconstruct]
5: do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these
rooms" [syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconstruct":
accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up,
change, convert, copy, deform, denature, diversify, do over, do up,
doctor, duplicate, fit, fix, improve, make over, meliorate,
mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, overhaul, overthrow, patch,
qualify, re-create, re-form, readjust, realign, rearrange,
reassemble, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, recover,
redesign, redo, reestablish, refabricate, refashion, refit, reform,
refound, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue,
rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, reorder, reorganize,
repair, repeat, reprint, reproduce, reshape, reshuffle, restitute,
restore, restructure, resurrect, retool, revamp, revise, revive,
ring the changes, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, subvert,
turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down,
vary, work a change, worsen