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afresh

American  
[uh-fresh] / əˈfrɛʃ /

adverb

  1. anew; once more; again.

    to start afresh.
afresh British  
/ əˈfrɛʃ /

adverb

  1. once more; once again; anew

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of afresh

First recorded in 1500–10; a- 2 + fresh

Example Sentences

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She wept afresh, with joy this time, and embraced her husband once more.

From Literature

But the lady had endless trouble deciding what to say; she kept starting and stopping and rewording what Penelope had already written down, until page after page was ruined and had to be copied afresh.

From Literature

In that spirit, we asked players, pundits and even referees what football could look like if we ripped up the rulebook and started afresh.

From BBC

As the darker evenings loom we're likely to spend more time inside making it a natural time to start looking at our homes afresh and to think about decluttering.

From BBC

There were issues throughout last season, but this year offered the Jets a chance to start afresh after going all in on Rodgers did not work out.

From BBC

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