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Freshen   /frˈɛʃən/   Listen
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Freshen  v. t.  (past & past part. freshened; pres. part. freshening)  
1.
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
2.
To refresh; to revive. (Obs.)
3.
(Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.
To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel.


Freshen  v. i.  
1.
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2.
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.





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"Freshen" Quotes from Famous Books



... bring the conversation into a normal channel. But an interruption occurred in the arrival of Harry and Julie in the runabout; the little boys swarmed down to examine it. Julie, very pretty, with a perceptible little new air of dignity, went upstairs to freshen hair and gown, and Harry, pushing his straw hat back the better to mop his forehead, immediately engaged Doctor Tenison's attention with the details of what sounded to Margaret like a particularly uninteresting operation, which he had ...
— Mother • Kathleen Norris
... bring the herds," said Forrest, as the sun burst forth at noon. "It's a general rain, and every one in Dodge, now that water is sure, will pull out for the Platte River. It will cool the weather and freshen the grass, and every drover with herds on the trail will push forward for Ogalalla. We'll have to patrol the crossing on the Beaver, as the rain will lay the dust for a week and ...
— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams
... said, hoping that the swift wind in his face would freshen him up, give him a moment's taste of the joy of living and ...
— Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris
... still to collect her thoughts and freshen her memory enough to arrange how to meet with Will—for to the chances of a letter she would not trust; to find out his lodgings when in Liverpool; to try and remember the name of the ship in which he was to sail: and the more she considered these points, the more difficulty ...
— Mary Barton • Elizabeth Gaskell
... to freshen, and the first dawn of morning saw our party on deck, scanning with near view, the opposite coasts of Sicily and Italy, as their vessel glided ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman


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