reconstruct

English

Verb

reconstruct (third-person singular simple present reconstructs, present participle reconstructing, simple past and past participle reconstructed)

1. To construct again; to restore.

Related terms

• reconstruction
• Reconstruction
• reconstructive

Translations

to construct again

Dutch: reconstrueren (nl) Finnish: jälleenrakentaa, rakentaa uudelleen; (to restore) rekonstruoida (e.g. an item, by using an archeological relic as a model) Japanese: 再構成 (さいこうせい, saikōsei): lit. "reconstruct(ion), reconstitut(ion)"

Romanian: reconstrui (ro), restaura (ro) Spanish: reconstruir (es) Swedish: återuppbygga (sv), rekonstruera (sv)

External links

• reconstruct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• reconstruct in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• reconstruct at OneLook Dictionary Search