Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recreative \Rec"re*a`tive\ (r?k"r?*?`t?v), a. [Cf. F.
   r['e]cr['e]atif. 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.