reconstructed
adjective B2- Rebuilt; reassembled; redesigned and reimplemented; thoroughly renovated even at the structural level.
- Recreated; redeveloped and rediscovered through forensic methods or other similarly clever methods of induction from limited evidence of a past state.
- Reformed in politics, ideology, or spiritual conformation; reconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War. · Near-synonyms: reconciled, repentant
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made but a faint attempt to parry this unexpected blow; the monarchy he had scarcely reconstructed tottered on its precarious foundation, and at a sign from the emperor the incongruous structure of ancient prejudices and new ideas fell to the ground.
“Yes, to you, my friend, who read them for the first time; but not for me, who have grown pale over them by many nights’ study, and have reconstructed every phrase, completed every thought.”
She typed a phrase, deleted it entirely, and then slowly reconstructed the clause with a slightly altered, more poetic rhythmic structure.
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