Refresh \Re*fresh"\ (r?*fr?sh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refreshed
(-fr?sht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing.]
[OE. refreshen,
refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir,
F. rafra?chir); pref. re- re- + fres fresh. F. frais. See
Fresh, a.]
1. To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit,
animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or
depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to
reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
--Chaucer.
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Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. --1
Cor. xvi. 18.
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And labor shall refresh itself with hope. --Shak.
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2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
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The rest refresh the scaly snakes that fol?
The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold.
--Dryden.
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To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a
reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion.
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Syn: To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate;
renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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131 Moby Thesaurus words for "refresh":
activate, aerate, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify,
amuse, animate, arouse, awaken, beef up, beguile, brace, brace up,
bring back, bring to, brisk, brisken, buck up, buttress, call back,
case harden, cheer, chill, chirk up, confirm, convulse, cool,
cross-ventilate, delight, divert, energize, enliven, entertain,
exhilarate, face-lift, fan, fix up, fortify, fracture one,
fresh up, freshen, freshen up, furbish, gird, harden, ice,
ice-cool, infrigidate, invigorate, jog, kill, knock dead,
loosen up, modernize, nerve, overhaul, oxygenate, oxygenize,
perk up, pick up, prod, prop, quicken, raise a laugh,
raise a smile, reanimate, recall to life, recharge, recondition,
recover, recreate, recruit, redo, refit, refreshen, refrigerate,
refurbish, regain, regale, regenerate, reheat the ashes, reinforce,
reinspire, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, relax, relight,
renew, renovate, repair, restore, restrengthen, resurrect,
resuscitate, revamp, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, rouse,
set up, shore up, slay, solace, spruce up, steel, stiffen,
stimulate, stimulated, stir the embers, strengthen, support,
sustain, temper, tickle, titillate, toughen, undergird, update,
ventilate, vitalize, vivify, waken, warm over, warm up, wind,
winnow, wow
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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