to "recreate"

[Dennis R. Preston]

That's how I'd'a pronounced it too (and I think that's how
Shakespeareans pronounce it).

dInIs

>dInIs may be right about Shakespeare. OED doesn't cite the guy, but
>it does have six cites back to 1587.
>
>Still sounds dumb, though.
>
>The Fox pronunciation, BTW, was  / 'rE kriet /,  not  / rikri 'et /.
>
>JL
>
>"Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU> wrote:
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>Shakespeare has "recreate" as a verb in Julius Caesar as I recall
>(Act 1?). Perhaps it can be documented earlier. Too lazy to look it
>up.
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>dInIs
>
>>Fox News reports that should Michael Jackson be convicted, he will
>>be confined to a "facility" whose gym will allow him to "recreate"
>>daily.
>>
>>That means have some recreation.
>>
>>JL
>>
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Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
        Asian and African Languages
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Michigan State University
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Office: (517) 353-0740
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