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en 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. Mor…

The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

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.

To heat again.

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "I will repeat our former communication." Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. Milton.…

More than once; again and again; indefinitely.

One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically:

he same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. -- Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. -- Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in…

To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.

ng or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak.

Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.

The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] D'Urfey.

A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

The neurilemma.

Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

A low perennial plant (Frankenia lævis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

saddle, or the like. And Jesus . . . overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves. Matt. xxi. 12.

The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.

Having no seat.