| VERB | body | recreate, animate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify | give new life or energy to |
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| social | recreate, play | engage in recreational activities rather than work | |
| emotion | recreate, cheer, hearten, embolden | give encouragement to | |
| creation | recreate | create anew |
| Sounds | reh'kriyey.t; riykriyey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Give new life or energy to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | animate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify | |
| Broader | stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | Cause to be alert and energetic |
| Similar to | come to, revive, resuscitate | Return to consciousness |
| Spanish | reanimar, reavivar, revivificar | |
| Catalan | reanimar, reavivar, revivificar | |
| Nouns | recreation | activity that refreshes and recreates |
| Meaning | Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The students all recreate alike" | |
| Synonym | play | |
| Similar to | play | Be at play |
| Spanish | divertirse, entretenerse, recrearse | |
| Catalan | divertir-se, entretenir-se, esbargir-se | |
| Nouns | recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
| Meaning | Give encouragement to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | cheer, hearten, embolden | |
| Narrower | take heart, buck up | gain courage |
| Broader | encourage | inspire with confidence |
| Opposite | dishearten, put off | take away the enthusiasm of |
| Spanish | alegrar, alentar, animar, dar ánimos, envalentonar, recrear | |
| Catalan | alegrar-se, alegrar, animar, encoratjar, envalentir, reanimar-se | |
| Meaning | create anew. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting" | |
| Narrower | reinvent | create anew and make over |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | recrear | |
| Catalan | recrear | |
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