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Definition of Reconstruct

1. Verb. Reassemble mentally. "Reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

2. Verb. Build again. "The men reconstruct the bookshelves"; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"

3. Verb. Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically.

4. Verb. Return to its original or usable and functioning condition. "Restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

5. Verb. Do over, as of (part of) a house. "We are remodeling these rooms"

Definition of Reconstruct

1. v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

Definition of Reconstruct

1. Verb. To construct again; to restore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reconstruct

1. construct [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: construct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconstruct

reconsolidation reconsolidations reconsoling reconstitute reconstituted reconstitutes reconstituting reconstitution reconstitutions reconstrict

reconstricted reconstricting reconstriction reconstrictions reconstricts reconstruct (current term) reconstructable reconstructed reconstructed language reconstructed languages

reconstructible reconstructing reconstruction reconstructions reconstructive reconstructive mammaplasty reconstructive memory reconstructive psychotherapy reconstructive surgery reconstructive surgical procedures

Literary usage of Reconstruct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Scott's campaign is wholly destroyed and he must now go to work and reconstruct it. While our army is demoralised, theirs is in the same degree consolidated ..."

2. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps by Alexander von Humboldt (1822)
"... because one day they would have to reconstruct with their hands the very same edifices, either for the besieged, if they were to conquer, ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"To reconstruct means to construct again, or to rebuild; and where an ordinance grant- lag to a street railway the right to use the streets on condition that ..."

4. Union--disunion--reunion: : Three Decades of Federal Legislation 1855 to by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1885)
"... AND VAGRANCY —VIRGINIA ATTEMPTS TO reconstruct — GENERAL BUTLER'S ACTION — GENERAL WEITZEL AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT RICHMOND—PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S ORDER ..."

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