Recreate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECREATED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECREATING.] [Lat. recreare, recreatum, to create anew, to refresh, fr. re, again, and creare, to create; It. recreare, ricreare, Sp., Pg., & Pr. recrear, Fr. récréer.] To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to revive the exhausted strength or languid spirits of; to refresh from weariness; 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. Dryden.

St. John is said to have recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge. Bp. Taylor.

These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. Henry More.

v. i. To take recreation. Addison.

v. t. [Prefix re and create.] To create or form anew.

On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of re-enforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. Marshall.