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refreshening

refreshening is the present participle and gerund of refreshen.

Meaning of refreshen

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

Questions about refreshening

What is refreshening the present participle and gerund of?
Refreshening is the present participle and gerund of refreshen.

Words near refreshening in the dictionary

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

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