Recreate Meaning
/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
verbTo enjoy or entertain oneself.
Sentence Examples
Traditions help to recreate the home's atmosphere.
She's trying to recreate a sense of home.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Using old photographs, the artist tried to ____ the exact scene from her childhood.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum used digital technology to ____ the appearance of the ancient city in its prime.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreāre (“to restore”), from re- (“re-”) + creāre (“to create”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colours mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying […] the sight more than any."
— 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
"These ripe fruit[…] recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent."
— 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues:
"Odoraments to smell to, of rose-water, violet flowers, balm, rose-cakes, vinegar, etc., do much recreate the brains and spirits […]"
— 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
"In Italy, though they bide in cities in winter, which is more gentlemanlike, all the summer they come abroad to their country-houses, to recreate themselves."
— 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition ii, section 3:
"St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge"
— 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Using old photographs, the artist tried to ____ the exact scene from her childhood.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum used digital technology to ____ the appearance of the ancient city in its prime.