refreshen
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of refreshen
Example Sentences
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“We’d love to read these fascinating pieces. Could you refreshen in this manner?” they wrote.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022
To refreshen their consoles, Sony and Microsoft each introduced new motion controllers that let users watch themselves play sports and dance on their TV screens.
From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2011
The body, the mind, constantly strained to the highest exertion, without repose, and something to cheer, refreshen, and re-invigorate it, will speedily fall into disease and death.
From Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness by Austin, John Mather
Each morning, table, chair, Lamp, hearth, and shelf, I rearrange, refreshen, Put all to rights, Then leave him in possession.
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Meteyard, Thomas Buford
"You've been out too long, perhaps; but your tea will refreshen you."
From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel
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