The DICT Development Group

  Reconstruct \Re`con*struct"\ (-str?kt"), v. t.
     To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or
     anew.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

  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