recreate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {recreate}, {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}, {recreate}]
    3: give encouragement to [syn: {cheer}, {hearten}, {recreate},
       {embolden}] [ant: {dishearten}, {put off}]
    4: create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with
       her stage setting"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Re-create \Re`-cre*ate"\ (r?`kr?*?t"), v. t. [Pref. re- +
   create.]
   To create or form anew.
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         On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of
         reenforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army.
                                                  --Marshall.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         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.
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         St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a
         tame partridge.                          --Jer. Taylor.
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         These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their
         aromatic scent.                          --Dr. H. More.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Recreate \Rec"re*ate\, v. i.
   To take recreation. --L. Addison.
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