reconstruct: 意味と定義

To construct again; rebuild.

To assemble or build again mentally; re-create: reconstructed the sequence of events from the evidence.

Linguistics To deduce the form and properties of (a protolanguage or an unattested word) based on evidence from attested languages, such as cognate words.

To cause to adopt a new attitude or outlook: a diehard traditionalist who could not be reconstructed.