RECONSTRUCT

reconstruct

(verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

remodel, reconstruct, redo

(verb) do over, as of (part of) a house; “We are remodeling these rooms”

reconstruct, construct, retrace

(verb) reassemble mentally; “reconstruct the events of 20 years ago”

rebuild, reconstruct

(verb) build again; “The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb”

restore, reconstruct

(verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition; “restore the forest to its original pristine condition”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reconstruct (third-person singular simple present reconstructs, present participle reconstructing, simple past and past participle reconstructed)

To construct again; to restore.

To attempt to understand an event by recreating or talking through the circumstances.

Anagrams

• constructer, corncutters

Source: Wiktionary


Re`con*struct" (-strkt"), v. t.

Definition: To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DELUSIVE

(adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts; “delusive faith in a wonder drug”; “delusive expectations”; “false hopes”


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