<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to construct again; rebuild; make over: The church was burned in 1895, but reconstructed in 1897.</li><li>to re-create in the mind from given or available information: The first step in solving this crime was to reconstruct the events of the murder.</li><li>to cause to abandon earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; cause to adjust to new or current situations: He's a reconstructed man with progressive views on gender equality. The protesters and resisters refuse to be reconstructed.</li><li>Historical Linguistics: to arrive at (hypothetical earlier forms of words, phonemic systems, etc.) by comparison of data from a later language or group of related languages.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>