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1. Reassemble mentally
   "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago";
   - construct, retrace
    
2. (construction) build again
   "The house was reconstructed after it was hit by a bomb";
   - rebuild
    
3. Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
    
4. Return to its original or usable and functioning condition
   "reconstruct the forest to its original pristine condition";
   - restore
    
5. Do over, as of (part of) a house
   "We are reconstructing these rooms";
   - remodel, redo

Derived forms: reconstructed, reconstructs, reconstructing

Type of: alter, build, change, conjecture, construct, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, make, modify, regenerate, renew, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize

Encyclopedia: Reconstruct