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recreate

rec·reate

UK/ɹiː.kɹiˈeɪt/ US/rikriˈeɪt/ fairly common

verb

1.

give new life or energy to

  • “A hot soup will revive me”
  • “This will renovate my spirits”
  • “This treatment repaired my health”
2.

engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

  • “On weekends I play”
  • “The students all recreate alike”
Synonyms
4.

create anew

  • “she recreated the feeling of the 1920”

Origin

From re- + create.

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