reconstruct

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
reconstruct
    v 1: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years
         ago" [syn: {reconstruct}, {construct}, {retrace}]
    2: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a
       bomb" [syn: {rebuild}, {reconstruct}]
    3: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
    4: return to its original or usable and functioning condition;
       "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn:
       {restore}, {reconstruct}]
    5: do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these
       rooms" [syn: {remodel}, {reconstruct}, {redo}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reconstruct \Re`con*struct"\ (-str?kt"), v. t.
   To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or
   anew.
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         Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconstruct":
      accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up,
      change, convert, copy, deform, denature, diversify, do over, do up,
      doctor, duplicate, fit, fix, improve, make over, meliorate,
      mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, overhaul, overthrow, patch,
      qualify, re-create, re-form, readjust, realign, rearrange,
      reassemble, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, recover,
      redesign, redo, reestablish, refabricate, refashion, refit, reform,
      refound, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue,
      rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, reorder, reorganize,
      repair, repeat, reprint, reproduce, reshape, reshuffle, restitute,
      restore, restructure, resurrect, retool, revamp, revise, revive,
      ring the changes, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, subvert,
      turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down,
      vary, work a change, worsen

    

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