Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recreate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recreate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recreate \Rec"re*ate\, v. i.
To take recreation. --L. Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Re-create \Re`-cre*ate"\ (r?`kr?*?t"), v. t. [Pref. re- +
create.]
To create or form anew.
On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of
re["e]nforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the
army. --Marshall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
re-create
v 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"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recreate
v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"
[syn: {animate}, {reanimate}, {revive}, {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}]
3: give encouragement to [syn: {cheer}, {hearten}, {embolden}]
[ant: {dishearten}]
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