2. Apostate; false; unfaithful.
Who, for so many benefits received,
Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false.
Milton. Recreant
(Rec"re*ant), n. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly
wretch. Blackstone.
You are all recreants and dastards!
Shak. Re-create
(Re`-cre*ate") v. t. [Pref. re- + create.] To create or form anew.
On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reënforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army.
Marshall. Recreate
(Rec"re*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recreated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Recreating.] [L. recreatus,
p. p. of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.] To give
fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to
divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to
recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than any.
Dryden.
St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.
Jer. Taylor.
These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
Dr. H. More. Recreate
(Rec"re*ate), v. i. To take recreation. L. Addison.
Recreation
(Rec"re*a"tion) n. [F. récréation, L. recreatio.] The act of recreating, or the state of being
recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
Re-creation
(Re`-cre*a"tion) n. [See Re-create.] A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
Re-creative
(Re`-cre*a"tive) a. Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
Recreative
(Rec"re*a`tive) a. [Cf. F. récréatif. See Recreate.] Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving
new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
Let the music of them be recreative.
Bacon. —- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv. — Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.
Recrement
(Rec"re*ment) n. [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F.
récrément.]
1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
Recremental
(Rec`re*men"tal) a. Recrementitious.
Recrementitial
(Rec`re*men*ti"tial) a. [Cf. F. récrémentitiel.] (Med.) Of the nature of a recrement. See
Recrement, 2 (b). "Recrementitial fluids." Dunglison.
Recrementitious
(Rec`re*men*ti"tious) a. Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
Boyle.
