reconstructer

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re⋅con⋅struct

[ree-kuh

n-struhkt]

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to construct again; rebuild; make over.

2.	to re-create in the mind from given or available information: to reconstruct the events of the murder.

3.	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.

Origin:
1760–70; re- + construct

Related forms:

re⋅con⋅struct⋅i⋅ble, adjective

re⋅con⋅struc⋅tor, re⋅con⋅struct⋅er, noun

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Word Origin & History

reconstruct

1768, "to build anew," from re- "back, again" + construct (q.v.). Meaning "to restore (something) mentally" is attested from 1862. Reconstruction is attested from 1791, "action or process of reconstructing. Specific sense in U.S. history (usually with a capital R-) is attested from 1865. It was used earlier during Amer. Civil War in ref. to reconstitution of the union.

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·con·struct
Pronunciation: "rE-k&n-'str&kt
Function: transitive verb
: to subject (an organ or part) to surgery so as tore-form the structure of or to correct a defect

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