piece together; compose
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to piece together; to combine (materials, events, etc.) into a coherent whole; to compose by joining parts
literaryPrimarily used in literary, academic, or formal writing contexts. It refers to the act of composing an essay, narrative, or historical reconstruction by organizing and connecting various discrete pieces of material, fragments, or plot elements. Often implies a constructive, editorial, or restorative process.
The author took several incidents, expanded them slightly, and pieced them together into an essay.
After these unearthed bamboo slip fragments were carefully pieced together, the original appearance of the ancient text was finally restored.
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He pieced together scattered memories and wrote this autobiographical novel.
Historians pieced together various historical materials in an attempt to restore the truth of the events.