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Meaning of RECONSTRUCT

Pronunciation:  `reekun'strukt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
  2. [v]  do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"
  3. [v]  of past events
  4. [v]  build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"
  5. [v]  return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
 
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 Synonyms: construct, rebuild, redo, remodel, restore, retrace
 
 See Also: alter, build, change, conjecture, construct, defibrillate, etymologise, etymologize, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, make, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstate, renew, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re`con*struct"\ (-str?kt"), v. t.
To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or
anew.
      Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
                                               --Macaulay.
 

 

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