Recreate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/

From the participle stem of Latin recreare ‘restore’, from re- ‘re-’ + creare ‘create’.

Full definition of recreate

Verb

1. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
• DrydenPainters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colours mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying ... the sight more than any.
• Dr H. MoreThese ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
2. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:In Italy, though they bide in cities in winter, which is more gentlemanlike, all the summer they come abroad to their country-houses, to recreate themselves.
• Jeremy TaylorSt. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge
3. (intransitive) To take recreation.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹiːkɹɪˈeɪt/

From re- + create.

Verb

1. To create anew.