recreate meaning and definition

RECREATE verb

Definition of recreate (verb)

1. give new life or energy to
   • "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
   • synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify
2. engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
   • "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"
   • synonyms: play
3. give encouragement to
   • synonyms: cheer, embolden, hearten
   • antonym: dishearten
4. create anew
   • "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"