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refreshen

refreshen verb: to freshen again.

Verb

refreshen (third-person singular simple present refreshens, present participle refreshening, simple past and past participle refreshened)

  1. (transitive) To freshen again.
    • Before placing the pots on the stand, let all decayed and damaged leaves be taken off the plants, let the surface of the mould be stirred and refreshened, and all dust or filth which the pots have contracted should be brushed and cleaned off, so that the whole may have a near appearance, and not...1771, James Meader, The Modern Gardener; Or, Universal Kalendar
    • It is necessary to keep the mind in repair replace and refreshen those impressions of nature which are continually wearing away.1783, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, The Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy

Forms of refreshen

third-person singular presentrefreshens
present participlerefreshening
past participlerefreshened
pastrefreshened

Origin of refreshen

From re- + freshen.

Questions about refreshen

What does refreshen mean?
Refreshen means to freshen again.
What part of speech is refreshen?
Refreshen is a verb.
What is the past tense of refreshen?
The past tense of refreshen is refreshened.

Words near refreshen in the dictionary

  1. refreshant
  2. refreshants
  3. refreshed
  4. refreshed someone's memory
  5. refreshedness
  6. refreshen
  7. refreshened
  8. refreshening
  9. refreshens
  10. refresher
  11. refresher course

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