|rē+ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + construct
: to construct again: as
a.
(1) : to build again : rebuild
reconstructing destroyed railroads
(2) : to make over : repair
reconstructed the highways that needed it
b. : to subject (an organ or part of the body) to surgery so as to correct a defect in or to reform
c.
(1) : reconstitute
reconstructed lemon juice
(2) : reorganize , reestablish
reconstructing society during the postwar period
(3) : rehabilitate
reconstructing a twisted personality
d.
(1) : to put together again : reassemble
reconstructing a ruined pagan temple
(2) : to restore or mount (a sheet of postage stamps) in the original form or in a replica of the original form
(3) : to form (as a gem) by fusing together particles derived from one or more natural stones of the kind desired
a reconstructed ruby
e. : to build up again mentally (as from available evidence) : form a concept of : reevoke , re-create
reconstructing the culture of a lost civilization
f. : to win over, make conform, or reconcile to a new or different order
refuses to be reconstructed by events — Carl Van Doren