From Middle English recreate, from the participle stem of Latin recreō, from re- ("re-") + creāre.

• IPA: /ˈɹɛkɹɪeɪt/

recreate (recreates, present participle recreating; simple past and past participle recreated)

1. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
   • 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 ↗:

     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.

   • 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues:

     These ripe fruit […] recreate the nostrils with their aromatick scent.

   • 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:

     Odoraments to smell to, of rose-water, violet flowers, balm, rose-cakes, vinegar, etc., do much recreate the brains and spirits […]

2. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC ↗:

     St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge

3. (intransitive) To take recreation.

• (refresh) encourage, enliven, refresh
• (amuse) amuse, delight, enjoy

• recreation

• French: se réjouir
• Spanish: recrearse

From re- + create.

• IPA: /ɹiːkɹɪˈeɪt/

recreate (recreates, present participle recreating; simple past and past participle recreated)

1. Alternative form of re-create.

• French: recréer
• Russian: воссоздава́ть
• Spanish: recrear