single word requests - Verb for "recreation"

Is there a verb that specifically means enjoy some recreation?

I heard today (TV reference) a boss tell an employ to take a vacation, to "relax and recreate" (pronounced as the beginning of recreation).

I've never heard this used before, and never really considered it a word.

A couple online searches have yielded what I expected - recreate only as meaning "to create again", or "to re-enact".

If this is not actually a word in this sense, is there a single verb meaning to enjoy/experience recreation?