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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recreate

   To recreate is to create something again or to reproduce something accurately. It can also mean to construct or build an object, environment, or experience anew, often as closely as possible to its original form. Additionally, it can refer to engage in a recreational activity or leisure for enjoyment and relaxation.

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Create
   • Encourage

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How to pronounce recreate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say recreate in sign language?

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. Robert Pape:

   Trump needs to take the same tone Ronald Reagan took when he met with Mikhail Gorbachev, the two can’t easily recreate that, but that should be the goal.

2. Pizza Hut:

   Many have tried to recreate it, but there's still only ONE original stuffed crust pizza.

3. Michael Raymond-James:

   To come and be able to sit here — it's incredible, i'm sitting where Paul Revere used to come with his fellow Patriots to devise their plan of attack. You can't recreate this feeling — it's like grasping at smoke.

4. Lyndsay Pearson:

   That was another piece I was excited about as well, [ the Moschino products ] may not be attainable for everyone, it is high fashion, that's hard to buy all the time, being able to digitally recreate pieces of it meant that I got to feel like I owned a part of it.

5. Sandy Zweig:

   It's hard to say how you could top this in some ways [ or ] recreate this particular thing.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recreate
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=recreate
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=recreate