Akademik

recreate

verb

1. give new life or energy to (Freq. 4)

- A hot soup will revive me

- This will renovate my spirits

- This treatment repaired my health

• Syn:

• Derivationally related forms: ↑revivification (for: ↑revivify), ↑vivification (for: ↑vivify), ↑quickener (for: ↑quicken), ↑recreation

• Verb Group: ↑come to, ↑revive, ↑resuscitate

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s somebody

- Something ——s somebody

2. give encouragement to

• Syn: ↑cheer, ↑hearten, ↑embolden

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cheering (for: ↑cheer)

• Hypernyms: ↑encourage

• Hyponyms: ↑take heart, ↑buck up

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s somebody

- Something ——s somebody

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

- On weekends I play

- The students all recreate alike

• Syn: ↑play

• Derivationally related forms: ↑recreation, ↑play (for: ↑play), ↑playing (for: ↑play)

• Verb Group: ↑play

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s

4. create anew

- she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting

• Hypernyms: ↑make, ↑create

• Hyponyms: ↑reinvent

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

Useful english dictionary. 2012.