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.


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