recreate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), from re- (“re-”) + creāre (“to create”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
Painters, 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.
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:Odoraments to smell to, of rose-water, violet flowers, balm, rose-cakes, vinegar, etc., do much recreate the brains and spirits […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:These ripe fruit[…] recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent.
1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues:
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(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC: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.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition ii, section 3:
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(intransitive) To take recreation.
Phonecams are proliferating like mad, their tiny eyes fuzzily probing so many corners of public and private life that they have begun to alter how people communicate and recreate.
2004, Forbes, volume 173, numbers 4-9, page 156:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recreates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recreated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recreated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recreating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
amuse (amuse) · enjoy (amuse) · delight (amuse) · enliven (refresh) · encourage (refresh) · refresh (refresh)
Translations (21)
nl recreëren (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · hu kikapcsolódik (to take recreation) · hu felfrissít (to give new energy) · es recrearse (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · fi rentoutua (to take recreation) · hu szórakozik (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · fi virkistää (to give new energy) · fi huvitella (to take recreation) · bg забавлявам се (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · hu felüdít (to give new energy) · bg развличам се (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · ro recrea (to take recreation) · sv rekreera (to take recreation) · bg освежавам (to give new energy) · qu hawkay (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · sv återhämta (to take recreation) · fr se réjouir (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · sv roa (to enjoy or entertain oneself) · hu üdít (to give new energy) · hu frissít (to give new energy) · cmn 重製 /重制 (to give new energy)