Recreate

Recreate is a verb with several related meanings centered on creation and renewal. The primary sense is to create again or anew, to reproduce or reconstruct something that existed previously, such as re-creating a painting from sketches or re-creating an architectural design based on historical records. The word comes from Latin recreare, literally 'to create again,' formed by re- + creare.

Another common sense is to cause something to exist again after a loss or failure; in science and technology, to recreate an experiment or a dataset means to reproduce it from available inputs or documentation, often to verify results or to restore a system to a prior state. In art and media, to recreate a scene, performance, or device means to render or perform it anew, keeping fidelity to the original where possible.

Recreate can also be used reflexively: to recreate oneself means to refresh or restore one's health, spirits, or energy by leisure or restorative activity, such as taking a vacation or engaging in a hobby. This usage emphasizes leisure rather than formal replacement.

Recreate is distinct from recreation, the noun for leisure activities. The phrase 're-create' is interchangeable with 'recreate' in many contexts, though hyphenation is sometimes used to emphasize the 'create again' sense.