reconstruct

reconstruct
verb
ADVERB
completely
partially
carefully, painstakingly

Every aspect of the original has been closely studied and painstakingly reconstructed.

accurately
VERB + RECONSTRUCT
attempt to, try to
be possible to

It is not possible to reconstruct the complete symphony from these manuscript sketches.

PREPOSITION
from

Local historians have reconstructed from contemporary descriptions how the hall may have looked in 1300.

PHRASES
an attempt to reconstruct sth
Reconstruct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑history, ↑past

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