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re-create

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  St  John,  who  recreated  himself  with  sporting  with  a 
  tame  partridge.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  These  ripe  fruits  recreate  the  nostrils  with  their 
  aromatic  scent.  --Dr.  H.  More 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recreate  \Rec"re*ate\,  v.  i. 
  To  take  recreation.  --L.  Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Re-create  \Re`-cre*ate"\  (r?`kr?*?t"),  v.  t.  [Pref.  re-  + 
  create.] 
  To  create  or  form  anew. 
 
  On  opening  the  campaign  of  1776,  instead  of 
  re["e]nforcing,  it  was  necessary  to  re-create,  the 
  army.  --Marshall. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recreate 
  v  1:  give  new  life  or  energy  to  "A  hot  soup  will  revive  me" 
  [syn:  {animate},  {reanimate},  {revive},  {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}] 
  3:  give  encouragement  to  [syn:  {cheer},  {hearten},  {embolden}] 
  [ant:  {dishearten}] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  re-create 
  v  1:  create  anew;  "Re-create  the  boom  of  the  West  on  a  small 
  scale" 
  2:  make  a  copy  of  "copy  that  drawing";  "re-create  a  picture  by 
  Rembrandt"  [syn:  {copy}] 
  3:  form  anew  in  the  imagination;  recollect  and  re-form  in  the 
  mind;  "His  mind  re-creates  the  entire  world"




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