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Webster 1913 Edition

Recreate

Rec′re-ate

(rk′r-t)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Recreated
(-ˊtd)
;
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

,
Verb.
I.
To take recreation.
L. Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recreate

REC'REATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. recero; re and creo, to create.]
1.
To refresh after toil; to reanimate, as languid spirits or exhausted strength; to amuse or divert in weariness.
Painters when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes.
St. John is said to have recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.
2.
To gratify; to delight.
These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
3.
To relieve; to revive; as, to recreate the lungs with fresh air.

REC'REATE

,
Verb.
I.
To take recreation.

Definition 2024

recreate

recreate

See also: re-create

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/

Verb

recreate ‎(third-person singular simple present recreates, present participle recreating, simple past and past participle recreated)

  1. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
    • Dryden
      Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colours mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying […] the sight more than any.
    • Dr H. More
      These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
  2. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:
      In Italy, though they bide in cities in winter, which is more gentlemanlike, all the summer they come abroad to their country-houses, to recreate themselves.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge
  3. (intransitive) To take recreation.
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Translations

Etymology 2

From re- + create.

Alternate forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːkɹɪˈeɪt/

Verb

recreate ‎(third-person singular simple present recreates, present participle recreating, simple past and past participle recreated)

  1. To create anew.
Translations

Latin

Verb

recreāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of recreō

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin recreare ‘restore’, from re- ‘re-’ + creare ‘create’.

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