Recreate /(rk"r*t)/

imp. & p. p. Recreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Recreating

1. 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.

   St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.

   These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.

1. To take recreation.