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| Pronunciation:  |   | ri'fresh
 
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- [v]  make fresh again  
 
- [v]  become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"  
 
- [v]  make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"  
 
- [v]  refresh one's memory  
 
 
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|   | Synonyms: |   | brush up, freshen, freshen, refreshen, review |  
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|   | Antonyms: |   | fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |  |   |  
|   | See Also: |   | air, air out, alter, call back, call up, change, freshen up, hash over, lave, recall, recollect, refresh, regenerate, rehash, remember, renew, retrieve, think, vent, ventilate, wash up |       |  
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\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.
         Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. --1
                                               Cor. xvi. 18.
         And labor shall refresh itself with hope. --Shak.
2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
         The rest refresh the scaly snakes that fol? The
         shield of Pallas, and renew their gold. --Dryden.
{To refresh the memory}, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a
   reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion.
Syn: To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate;
     renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.
 
\Re*fresh"\, n.
The act of refreshing. [Obs.] --Daniel.
  
 
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|   | Definition: |   | 1. DRAM refresh. 2. screen refresh.  |  
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