recreate

See also re-create

English

Etymology 1

From the participle stem of Latin recreare ‘restore’, from re- ‘re-’ + creare ‘create’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
2. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.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.

3. (intransitive) To take recreation.

Translations

to give new energy

• Finnish: virkistää (fi)

to enjoy or entertain oneself

• Quechua: hawkay (qu)

• Spanish: recrearse (es)

to take recreation

• Finnish: huvitella (fi), rentoutua (fi)

• Romanian: recrea (ro)

Etymology 2

From re- + create.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹiːkɹɪˈeɪt/

Verb

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

1. To create anew.

Translations

create anew

• Finnish: luoda uudelleen, herättää henkiin

• French: recréer (fr)

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Latin

Verb

recreāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of recreō