VERB (2)

1. consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing;
- Example: "Won't you reconsider your decision?"

2. consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reconsider \Re`con*sid"er\ (r?`k?n*s?d"?r), v. t.
   1. To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Parliamentary Practice) To take up for renewed
      consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been
      previously acted upon.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reconsider
    v 1: consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a
         view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"
    2: consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with
       a view to altering it

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconsider":
   amend, correct, draw off, go back over, have second thoughts,
   re-examine, reappraise, rebehold, recheck, reevaluate, reexamine,
   reinquire, rethink, retrace, revaluate, review, revise, sleep on,
   think better of, think over



The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

RECONSIDER, v.  To seek a justification for a decision already made.