refresh
verb (used with object)
to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
refreshful
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a word derived from
refresh.
Example Sentences
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The swain that artless sings on yonder rock, His nibbling sheep and lengthening shadow spies; Pleased with the cool, the calm, refreshful hour, And the hoarse hummings of unnumber'd flies.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Henry Francis Cary
"A soul that dwells with virtue is like a perennial spring; for it is pure, and limpid, and refreshful, and inviting, and serviceable, and rich, and innocent, and uninjurious."
From Seekers after God by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
"And what is cropt by day the night renews, Shedding refreshful stores of cooling dews."
From The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis
Farewell to all my friends, whose company hath been refreshful to me in my pilgrimage.
From Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson
They may seem to be as much forgotten as the drops of rain which fall into the barren sea, but each rain-drop adds to the volume of refreshful and purifying waters.
From Making the Most of Life by J. R. (James Russell) Miller
