Definitions for recreate
ˈrɛk riˌeɪtrecre·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivifyverb

   give new life or energy to

   "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

2. play, recreateverb

   engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

   "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"

3. cheer, hearten, recreate, emboldenverb

   give encouragement to

4. recreateverb

   create anew

   "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To RECREATEverb

   Etymology: recreo, Lat recreer, Fr.

   1. To refresh after toil; to amuse or divert in weariness.

   He hath left you all his walks,
   And to your heirs for ever; common pleasures,
   To walk abroad and recreate yourselves. William Shakespeare.

   Necessity and the example of St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge, teach us, that it is lawful to relax our bow, but not suffer it to be unstrung. Tayl.

   Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colours mixt with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying and paining the sight more than any. Dryden.

   2. To delight; to gratify.

   These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

   3. To relieve; to revive.

   Take a walk to refresh yourself with the open air, which inspired fresh doth exceedingly recreate the lungs, heart and vital spirits. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recreateverb

   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

2. Recreateverb

   to take recreation

3. Etymology: [L. recreatus, p. p. of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recreate

   rek′rē-āt, v.t. to revive: to reanimate: to cheer or amuse: to refresh: to delight.—v.i. to take recreation.—n. Recreā′tion, the act of recreating or state of being recreated: refreshment after toil, sorrow, &c.: diversion: amusement: sport.—adjs. Recreā′tional, Rec′reātive, serving to recreate or refresh: giving relief in weariness, &c.: amusing.—adv. Rec′reātively, so as to afford recreation or diversion.—n. Rec′reātiveness, the quality of being refreshing or amusing.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recreate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recreate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of recreate in a Sentence

1. Jon Stewart:

   He's from this area, he's from this community. He was hurting, he was beside himself and had this idea to reclaim the Oregon District for the people who live here and to take that terrible memory and recreate a new one and that's what's been occurring.

2. Dougal Mackey:

   By tracing the faint remains of these smaller galaxies with embedded star clusters, weve been able to recreate the way Andromeda drew them in and ultimately enveloped them at the different times.

3. Mark Twain:

   There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   Abandoning this fight now and withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria would recreate the very conditions that we have worked hard to destroy and invite the resurgence of ISIS.

5. Van Der Beek:

   I didn’t move here to try to recreate California, I moved her because I really like Texas so therefore, I’m very hesitant to speak ill of anybody who was here before I was, however f*** fire ants, i hope they get stung in their eye by other fire ants and I hope they have to deal with the itching and the pain and the little pusy boils that come afterwards.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recreate
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=recreate
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recreate
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=recreate