Dictionary Definition
recreate
Verb
1 give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will
revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment
repaired my health" [syn: animate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
2 engage in recreational activities rather than
work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The
students all recreate alike" [syn: play]
4 create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the
1920's with her stage setting"re-create
Verb
1 create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on
a small scale"
2 make a replica of; "copy that drawing";
"re-create a picture by Rembrandt" [syn: copy]
3 form anew in the imagination; recollect and
re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From the participle stem of Latin recreare ‘restore’, from re- ‘re-’ + creare ‘create’.Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/Verb
- To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
- To take recreation.
Translations
to give new energy
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