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re⋅build

  [ree-bild] verb, -built or (Archaic) -build⋅ed; -build⋅ing.
Use rebuild in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to repair, esp. to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
2. to replace, restrengthen, or reinforce: to rebuild an army.
3. to revise, reshape, or reorganize: to rebuild a shattered career.
–verb (used without object)
4. to build again or afresh: With the insurance money we can rebuild.
Origin:
1605–15; re- + build

Related forms:
re⋅build⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅build⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅build⋅er, noun
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re·build   (rē-bĭld')   
tr.v.   re·built (-bĭlt'), re·build·ing, re·builds
  1. To build again.
  2. To make extensive structural repairs on.
  3. To remodel or make extensive changes in: tried to rebuild society.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Rebuild

Re*build"\, v. t. To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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rebuild 
1611, from re- "back, again" + build (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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