Refresh /(r?*fr?sh")/

Re·fresh

Refresh

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Refreshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing

  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.
    Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours.
    — 1 Cor. xvi. 18.
    And labor shall refresh itself with hope.
  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.

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

Refresh

n.
  1. The act of refreshing. [Obs.]