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/rɪfrˈɛʃɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Refresh v. t. (past & past part. refreshed; pres. part. refreshing)

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. "Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours." "And labor shall refresh itself with hope."

To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion.

Synonyms: To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate; renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.

adjective

Refreshing adj. Reviving; reanimating.

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Etymology of 'Refreshing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas

... men make for the house with decent haste— None are inclined to let time run to waste. But this does not prevent the laugh and jest, At the black face by every one possessed. To wash is needful, and refreshing, too, So all go at it without more ado. This task performed, which all should take delight in, They to the feast prepared need no inviting. Their heavy labor gives an appetite, And they can eat with relish and delight. But first their host, ...

— The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse - Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects • Thomas Cowherd

... "It's refreshing, at any rate," thought Jack, as he shut his eyes against a fresh deluge of yellow water. "I wish to goodness I could only work myself free. I've got clear away from Saya Chone and the Strangler, and that's something to ...

— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore

... pretty little country village miles and miles away, and (although one of Fritz's aeroplanes flew over the church as bold as brass just before we got in) the quiet and peace of the place is very refreshing. And, droll to relate, I'm writing this in bed, with a touch of flu—such a bed, too, all soft and billowy. In ordinary life it would be condemned as a "feather" bed, but now it is ...

— Letters to Helen - Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front • Keith Henderson

... same afternoon I was marched from my cell into one of the Governor's offices, where Mr. Bradlaugh was wailing. Compared with the pale prisoners I saw day by day, he looked the very picture of health. Fresh, clean-shaven, neatly dressed, he was a most refreshing sight to eyes accustomed to rough faces and the brown convict's garb. And it was a friend too, and I could take his hand and exchange human speech with him. How vivid is my recollection of him at that moment! He seemed in the prime of life, ...

— Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh • George W. Foote

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