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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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recreate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of recreate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of recreate in a Sentence

1. Marianne Reardon:

   Faucis sentiments were also shared by Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force response coordinator. During a call to state governors this week, Birx saidthat sending home students infected with COVID-19 could just encourage transmission of the virus, according to multiple reports. Sending these individuals back home in their asymptomatic state to spread the virus in their home town or among their vulnerable households could really recreate what we experienced over the June time frame in the South. So I think every university president should have a plan for not only testing but caring for their students that need to isolate, Deborah Birx reportedly stated. WASTEWATER SYSTEM DETECTS CORONAVIRUS AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DORM Parents told Fox News they have mixed feelings about leaving sick kids at college. Marianne Reardon, who has a daughter awayat school, told Fox News that Marianne Reardon ultimately agrees with Fauci and Deborah Birx. As hard as it for me to say, obviously any parent would want to have their child home if they got sick, but I agree with Dr. Fauci that it is safer for them to stay at school.

2. Adam Valdez:

   We do a lot of painstaking research into how real animals move, how their muscles and skin behave ... and then in the computer, we recreate all these things, an artist, like an animator, has to sit down and actually hand animate that eye, hand animate that face so that every little subtle nuance is represented.

3. Svinicki Aizawa:

   We were unable to recreate the STAP phenomenon, we had planned to continue replication efforts until March next year, but in the light of these results, we have decided to terminate the experiments.

4. Joel Salinas:

   Because of mirror-touch, my brain categorizes you and me as the same person and tries to recreate your experience based on the situation and my own past experiences.

5. Ruth Wallace:

   In some ways, I would hate to even go back to a company that thinks so little of me, but my circumstances are kind of unique and limited, i can't just pack up and move across the country and find a great job. It's going to be impossible for me to recreate this flexible income I was able to find. My path forward is to keep fighting.

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