Reconstruct
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.
verb (transitive)
1.
to construct or form again; rebuild: to reconstruct a Greek vase from fragments
2.
to form a picture of (a crime, past event, etc) by piecing together evidence or acting out a version of what might have taken place
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