re-create

[ ree-kree-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re-cre·at·ed, re-cre·at·ing.

1. to create anew.

   Synonyms: remake, reproduce

re-create

/ ˌriːkrɪˈeɪt /

verb

1. to create anew; reproduce

Derived Forms

• ˌre-creˈator, noun

Other Words From

• re-cre·ata·ble adjective
• re-cre·ative adjective
• re-cre·ator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of re-create¹

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + create

Example Sentences

“I wake up and I pray, and then I see visions and I explain all those to my mom,” who would give her canvases to re-create them.

From The Daily Beast

Then you use those words and try to re-create something in your own life, touching back to when I was a kid.

From The Daily Beast

Beyond his contributions, Romand had to re-create all of the needed pieces in her atelier, as well as all of the accessories.

From The Daily Beast

We had to reconstruct proportions, re-create colors, and find materials drawing upon publicity photos of the time.

From The Daily Beast

And when he looked back with longing it was Duval who helped him re-create the joy he had experienced there.

From The Daily Beast

We cannot re-create the nerve tracts that have been obliterated.

From Project Gutenberg

Would it be possible to re-create the Ireland of Goldsmith's days?

From Project Gutenberg

As at Ephesus, we tried to re-create that vanished city, but we did not try long, for the mid-day sun was too frying hot.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet one and one and one shall return to me for life; the deserter and the destroyer shall re-create me.

From Project Gutenberg

Consequently docility has been identified with imitativeness, instead of with power to re-make old habits, to re-create.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• exhilarate
• refurbish
• reinvigorate