· give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Synonym(s): animate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
Hypernym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk_up
· engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"
Synonym(s): play
· give encouragement to
Synonym(s): cheer, hearten, embolden
Hypernym(s): encourage
· create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"