5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Re-create \Re`-cre*ate"\ (r?`kr?*?t"), v. t. [Pref. re- + create.] To create or form anew. [1913 Webster] On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reenforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Recreate \Rec"re*ate\, v. i. To take recreation. --L. Addison. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: recreate v 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}] 3: give encouragement to [syn: {cheer}, {hearten}, {embolden}] [ant: {dishearten}] 4: create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting" From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"
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