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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. reassemble mentally;
- Example: "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
[syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]

2. build again;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
[syn: restore, reconstruct]

5. do over, as of (part of) a house;
- Example: "We are remodeling these rooms"
[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]