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re⋅fresh

  [ri-fresh]
Use refresh in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
2. to stimulate (the memory).
3. to make fresh again; reinvigorate or cheer (a person, the mind, spirits, etc.).
4. to freshen in appearance, color, etc., as by a restorative.
5. Computers.
a. to display (an image) repeatedly, as on a CRT, in order to prevent fading.
b. to read and write (the contents of dynamic storage) at intervals in order to avoid loss of data.
–verb (used without object)
6. to take refreshment, esp. food or drink.
7. to become fresh or vigorous again; revive.
Origin:
1325–75; ME refreschen < MF refreschir, OF. See re-, fresh

Related forms:
re⋅fresh⋅ful, adjective
re⋅fresh⋅ful⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. revive. 3. freshen, enliven, reanimate. 4. restore, repair, renovate, renew, retouch.

Antonyms:
3. dispirit, discourage.
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re·fresh   (rĭ-frěsh')   
v.   re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es

v.   tr.

  1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.

  2. To give new freshness or brightness to; restore.

  3. To make cool, clean, or moist; freshen up.

  4. To renew by stimulation: refresh one's memory.

  5. To fill up again; replenish: refresh a drink.

  6. Computer Science

    1. To renew (the image on a display screen) by renewing the flow of electrons from the cathode-ray tube: The faster a monitor refreshes images, the less it flickers.

    2. To maintain (data in a dynamic RAM) by sending a new electric pulse to recharge the chips.

v.   intr.

  1. To take refreshment.

  2. To become fresh again; revive.


[Middle English refresshen, from Old French refreschir : re-, re- + fres, fresche, fresh (of Germanic origin).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

refresh 
c.1374, from O.Fr. refrescher (12c.; Fr. rafraîchir), from re- "again" + fresche "fresh" (Mod.Fr. frais), from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. frisc "fresh," see fresh). Mental or spiritual sense of refreshing is attested from 1697. Refreshments "food or drink" first attested 1665.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

refresh re·fresh (rĭ-frěsh')
v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es

  1. To cause to recuperate; revive.

  2. To renew by stimulation.

  3. To pare or scrape the edges of a wound to promote healing.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

refresh
1. DRAM refresh.
2. screen refresh.
(1998-10-19)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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