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    [Verb]  | "rec*re*ate" | \ ˈre-krē-ˌāt \


    1: to give new life or freshness to : refresh

    2: to take recreation

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English recreaten, borrowed from Latin recreāre "to make new, restore, revive" {mat|recreation|};

    [Verb]  | "re-cre*ate" | \ ˌrē-krē-ˈāt \


    1: to create again; especially : to form anew in the imagination

    Origin: 1587 ;

     {see: |re-|re-} + {see: |create:1|create:1};

    [Adjective]  | "recreative" 


    1: as in entertaining, amusing;



    [Verb]  | "recreate" 


    1: to bring back to a former condition or vigor;


      * e.g., " ... supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened "



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    2: to engage in activity for amusement;


      * e.g., " ... an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century "



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     [ "Recred" ]

    1: Someone who looks and/or acts ridiculous. A person that is alittle bit unusual.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy wearing the poncho and dress shoes is a bit of a recred. 

     [ "recreative license" ]

    1: The unoriginal and unimaginative act of taking the Urban Dictionary word of the day and rewording the definition or submitting the same word with a slightly different definition as if it was an new and unique word. The lazy rip-off of the word of the day.

      * e.g.,  ... If the word of the day is really popular,you can bet there will be a ton of copy cat defs where some buttholes use recreative license to submit the def as their own idea. 

     [ "recre-medicate" ]

    1: The use of prescribed medication for recreational use, including skipping a scheduled dose in order to double the dose at a later time or taking at a time when medication is not warranted to achieve a desired effect.

      * e.g.,  ... Kevin, did you take your Xanax this morning or are you saving it to recre-medicate after work? Karen hoarded her lortab prescribed from her surgery to recre-medicate after she recovered. 

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