to "recreate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

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.

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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