Crossword Dictionary
REFRESH
refresh, freshen - v
make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"
Synonyms
cool, exhilarate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, replenish, revive, stimulate, brace, cheer, enliven, freshen, inspirit, jog, modernize, prod
Examples
My hope is that it conveys a wholesome goodness that can refresh Web sites with high quality design.
Please try clicking ' refresh ' on your browser or try typing in your username using lowercase only, no capitals.
High refresh rates on plasmas don't increase the prices, whereas the bigger refresh rates on LED and LCD TVs drive the price up dramatically.
Etymology
late 14c., refreshen, "comfort, strengthen, restore; make as if new again (physically or spiritually)," also "provide shelter and refreshment" (to a guest, etc.); from Old French refreschier "refresh, renew" (12c.; Modern French rafraîchir), from re- "again" (see re-) + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais), from a Germanic source (such as Old High German frisc "fresh," see fresh (adj.)).