recreate

Etymology 1

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

verb

  1. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
    These ripe fruit[…] recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent. 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
  2. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
  3. (intransitive) To take recreation.
    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. 2004, Forbes, volume 173, numbers 4-9, page 156

Etymology 2

re- + create

verb

  1. To create anew.

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