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RECREATE
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
(verb) give new life or energy to; “A hot soup will revive me”; “This will renovate my spirits”; “This treatment repaired my health”
recreate
(verb) create anew; “she recreated the feeling of the 1920’s with her stage setting”
cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden
(verb) give encouragement to
play, recreate
(verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; “On weekends I play”; “The students all recreate alike”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
recreate (third-person singular simple present recreates, present participle recreating, simple past and past participle recreated)
(transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
(intransitive) To take recreation.
Synonyms
• (refresh): encourage, enliven, refresh
• (amuse): amuse, delight, enjoy
Etymology 2
Verb
recreate (third-person singular simple present recreates, present participle recreating, simple past and past participle recreated)
To create anew.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`-cre*ate" (r`kr*t"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + create.]
Definition: To create or form anew. On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reënforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. Marshall.
Rec"re*ate (rk"r*t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recreated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Recreating.] Etym: [L. recreatus, p. p. of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.]
Definition: 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.
Rec"re*ate, v. i.
Definition: To take recreation. L. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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