See Also: reconstruct(dictionary)
reconstruct(dictionary)

lethargize (iou) and reconstruct (iou)


lethargize (iou)



lethargize verb trans. Also lethargise. E17.
[from LETHARGY + -IZE.]
Affect with lethargy.

reconstruct (iou)



reconstruct verb trans. M18.
[from RE- + CONSTRUCT verb.]
Construct, build, form, or put together again. M18.
K. Clark Musical instruments, each so accurately depicted that one could reconstruct it and play it. I. Murdoch He tore it up..and tried in vain to reconstruct it.
Form an impression, esp. a visual one, or an actual model of (a past event, phenomenon, thing, etc.) based on assembled evidence; spec. (a) re-enact the circumstances of (a crime etc.); (b) Linguistics deduce the forms and structures of (a protolanguage) from recorded cognate Languages. M19.
R. G. Collingwood By excavation you could reconstruct the history of Roman sites. P. Roazen Out of these multiple sources it is now possible to reconstruct an intimate record. G. Greene These details which I am trying so hard to reconstruct from my memory.
reconstructable adjective L20.
reconstructed adjective (a) that has been reconstructed;
reconstructed stone, a building material made from crushed natural stone and cement; (b) (of any of various political theories, orig. Communism) altered or modified, esp. for pragmatic reasons; (of a person) holding pragmatically modified political views: M19.
reconstructible adjective M20.
reconstructor noun a person who reconstructs something L19.