give new life or energy to; A hot soup will revive me; This will renovate my spirits; This treatment repaired my health

[ Syn: animate , reanimate , revive , renovate , repair , quicken , vivify , revivify ]

engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; On weekends I play; The students all recreate alike

[ Syn: play ]

give encouragement to

[ Syn: cheer , hearten , embolden ]

create anew; she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting'