Antonyms for reconstruct

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ree-kuh n-struhkt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌri kənˈstrʌkt

Definition of reconstruct

Origin : 1768, "to build anew," from re- "back, again" + construct (v.). Meaning "to restore (something) mentally" is attested from 1862. Related: Reconstructed; reconstructing.

verb reorganize, build up

Example sentences :

If there was no mistake, I should have to reconstruct my facts, and draw fresh conclusions.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

But he does not seek to reconstruct out of them a theory of knowledge.
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

Their aim is to reconstruct the work of the great lawgivers of Hellas in a literary form.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

He could reconstruct her new dress by memory—her face was easy to remember.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

He would have to reconstruct that drama from the fragments preserved.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Certainly, too, the scene is easy enough to reconstruct But whose was the hand?
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Our duty now is to reconstruct, if we can, the fabric of the Union.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various

It is easy to reconstruct the scene of building up the first terrace.
Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

Reconstruct for yourself the three scenes of which the peasant woman is the centre.
Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty

A patient study of this figure has enabled me to reconstruct its story.
Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani

Synonyms for reconstruct

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