RECONSTRUCT


Meaning of RECONSTRUCT in English

— reconstructible , adj. — reconstructor, reconstructer , n.

/ree'keuhn strukt"/ , v.t.

1. to construct again; rebuild; make over.

2. to re-create in the mind from given or available information: to reconstruct the events of the murder.

3. Historical Ling. to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.

[ 1760-70; RE- + CONSTRUCT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .