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Recreate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. Dryden. St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge. Jer. Taylor. These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. Dr. H. More.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To take recreation. L. Addison.