Meaning of RECREATE
| Pronunciation: | | `rekree'eyt
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- [v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
- [v] create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"
- [v] give encouragement to
- [v] engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"
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| | Synonyms: | | animate, cheer, embolden, hearten, play, quicken, reanimate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| | Antonyms: | | dishearten, put off | | |
| | See Also: | | arouse, brace, buck up, create, encourage, energise, energize, make, perk up, reinvent, stimulate, take heart | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rec"re*ate\ (rk"r*t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recreated}
(-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recreating}.] [L. recreatus, p. p.
of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- +
creare to create. See {Create}.]
To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially,
to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to
cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before
them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate
their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than
any. --Dryden.
St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a
tame partridge. --Jer. Taylor.
These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their
aromatic scent. --Dr. H. More.
\Rec"re*ate\, v. i.
To take recreation. --L. Addison.
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