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▪ I. ˈrecreating, vbl. n.1 [f. recreate v.1 + -ing1.] The action of refreshing, reinvigorating, etc.
1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 303 After long recreating of hir selfe in the country. 1663Butler Hud. i. i. 677 'Twas an old way of recreating, Which learned butchers call Bear-baiting. 1854Faber Growth in Holiness xiv. (1872) 245 Recreating and idling are very different things. So ˈrecreating ppl. a.1, that recreates.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Introd., Wks. (1851) 147 Some recreating intermission of labour, and serious things. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 223 Other recreating and pleasurable entertainments. 1783Burke Sp. Fox's E. India Bill Wks. 1842 I. 282 Poverty, sterility, and desolation, are not a recreating prospect. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xx, Every night yielded her recreating rest. ▪ II. recreating, vbl. n.2 and ppl. a.2 see recreate v.2 |