1. Build or construct again
   "The house was reconstructed after it was hit by a bomb";
   - rebuild
    
2. Return to its original or usable and functioning condition
   "reconstruct the forest to its original pristine condition";
   - restore
    
3. Do over, as of (part of) a house
   "They reconstructed the damaged wing of the building";
   - remodel, redo
    
4. Reassemble mentally
   "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago";
   - construct, retrace
    
5. Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
   "The program aims to reconstruct former criminals into productive members of society"

Derived forms: reconstructs, reconstructed, reconstructing

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

Encyclopedia: Reconstruct