Re-creative
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That creates again or in a new way.
"The hiſtorian only collects the matter of the day, and hands it to poſterity; but the antiquarian brings his treaſures from remote ages, and preſents them to this: he examines forgotten repoſitories, calls things back into exiſtence, which are paſt; counteracts the efforts of time, and of death; poſſeſſes ſomething like a re-creative power; collects the duſt of departed matter, moulds it into its preſtine ſtate, exhibits the figure to view, and ſtamps it with a kind of immortality."
Example
More examples"The hiſtorian only collects the matter of the day, and hands it to poſterity; but the antiquarian brings his treaſures from remote ages, and preſents them to this: he examines forgotten repoſitories, calls things back into exiſtence, which are paſt; counteracts the efforts of time, and of death; poſſeſſes ſomething like a re-creative power; collects the duſt of departed matter, moulds it into its preſtine ſtate, exhibits the figure to view, and ſtamps it with a kind of immortality."
Etymology
From re- + creative.
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