reconstruct

Universal Words verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (from sth) to build or make sth again that has been damaged or that no longer exists: Old London Bridge was bought by an American and reconstructed in the US. * They have tried to reconstruct the settlement as it would have been in Iron Age times. 2 to be able to describe or show exactly how a past event happened, using the information you have gathered: Investigators are trying to reconstruct the circumstances of the crash.