[v] give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
[v] create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"
[v] give encouragement to
[v] engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike"
Synonyms
animate, cheer, embolden, hearten, play, quicken, reanimate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify