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▪ I. recreative, a.1 and n.|ˈrɛkrɪeɪtɪv|
[f. recreate v.1 and -ive, perh. after F. récréatif (16th c. in Littré).]
A. adj. Tending to recreate or refresh in a pleasurable manner; amusing, diverting.
1549Compl. Scot. Table, The sext cheptor rehersis ane monolog recreatyue of the actor. 1579E. K. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Gen. Argt. §3 Recreative, such as al those be, which containe matter of love. 1629Shertogenbosh 1 This Boscage was an euen and recreatiue place, fruitfull of wild Deere. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 222 Washing or bathing..was a recreative exercise of the female sex. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery iv. 207 The form then of the recreative Sort [of crackers] may be much varied. 1814F. Burney Wanderer III. 293 They were only recreative little sylphs amusing themselves with whipping and spurring me on to my own good. 1887Spectator 9 Apr. 492 His contributions to the recreative literature of the day.
†B. absol. as n. A recreative thing or pursuit.
1615Daniel Hymen's Tri. Wks. (1717) 90 For these are only Cynthia's Recreatives Made unto Phoebus. 1620E. Blount Horæ Subs. 382, I know few recreatiues that possesse vs more, then the humour of building.
Hence ˈrecreatively adv., ˈrecreativeness1.
1611Cotgr., Recreativement, recreatiuely, with recreation. 1727Bailey vol. II, Recreativeness, recreating quality.
▪ II. recreative, a.2|riːkrɪˈeɪtɪv|
[f. re- 5 a + creative a.]
That creates anew.
1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome viii. 420 In respect of re⁓creative energy, there was a boundless difference between Asia and Europe. 1889Lux Mundi xii. (1890) 505 The mysterious facts which lie at the root of the recreative process.
Hence recreˈativeness2.
1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 42 ⁋6 All the living grace..which the re-creativeness of poetry can give her. |