1. (

• animate ,
• recreate ,
• reanimate ,
• revive ,
• renovate ,
• repair ,
• quicken ,
• vivify ,
• revivify

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

2. (

• play ,
• recreate

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

3. (

• cheer ,
• hearten ,
• recreate ,
• embolden

) give encouragement to ;

4. (

• recreate ,

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