recreate

See also: re-create

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), from re- (“re-”) + creāre (“to create”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/
- Audio (UK) (file)

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.
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], OCLC 261121781:
  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.
- 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
  These ripe fruit […] recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
  Odoraments to smell to, of rose-water, violet flowers, balm, rose-cakes, vinegar, etc., do much recreate the brains and spirits […]
(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition ii, section 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.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
  St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge
(intransitive) To take recreation.
- 2004, Forbes (volume 173, issues 4-9, page 156)
  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.

Synonyms

(refresh): encourage, enliven, refresh
(amuse): amuse, delight, enjoy

Related terms

recreation

Translations

to produce again, to re-create — see reproduce,‎ recreate#Etymology_2

to give new energy

Bulgarian: освежавам (bg) (osvežavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重製／重制 (zh)
Finnish: virkistää (fi)
Hungarian: felüdít (hu), üdít (hu), felfrissít (hu), frissít (hu)

to enjoy or entertain oneself

Bulgarian: развличам се (razvličam se), забавлявам се (zabavljavam se)
Dutch: recreëren (nl)
French: se réjouir (fr)
Hungarian: szórakozik (hu)
Quechua: hawkay
Spanish: recrearse (es)
Swedish: roa (sv)

to take recreation

Finnish: huvitella (fi), rentoutua (fi)
Hungarian: kikapcsolódik (hu)
Romanian: recrea (ro)
Swedish: återhämta (sv), rekreera (sv)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ create

Alternative forms

re-create

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹɪˈeɪt/
- Audio (UK) (file)

Verb

recreate (third-person singular simple present recreates, present participle recreating, simple past and past participle recreated)

To create anew.

Translations

create anew

Bulgarian: пресъздавам (bg) (presǎzdavam)
Catalan: recrear (ca)
Finnish: luoda uudelleen, herättää henkiin
French: recréer (fr)
Hungarian: újra előállít, újjáalkot, újjáteremt (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjenskape
Polish: odtwarzać (pl) impf, odtworzyć (pl) pf
Russian: воссоздава́ть (ru) impf (vossozdavátʹ), воссозда́ть (ru) pf (vossozdátʹ)
Spanish: recrear (es)
Ukrainian: відтво́рювати impf (vidtvórjuvaty), відтвори́ти pf (vidtvorýty)

Latin

Verb

recreāte

second-person plural present active imperative of recreō