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  1. transitive verb To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
  2. transitive verb To give new freshness or brightness to; restore.
  3. transitive verb To make cool, clean, or moist; freshen up.
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  • It's time for a refresh, along with an upgrade to Drupal —  D*I*Y Planner - Comments
  • A likely reason for planning this refresh is added pressure from —  Gizmodo
  • Apple MacBook Pros and MacBooks are in need for a refresh, and we hear that new features should include a body manufactured out of one piece of aluminum, a trackpad made of glass that is also multi-touch and uses gestures, they will also include a more rounded and thinner design. —  PR News:
  • Instead, the refresh is a rote move by Apple to update some hardware that was bordering on the edge of neglect, resellers said. —  CRN Australia - News -
  • I'd like to set up the ideal home office ... we're due for a refresh, the question is to go all Mac or not ... —  ehMac.ca
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refresh:   refreshed ·  refreshing
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English refresshen, from Old French refreschir : re-, re- + fres, fresche, fresh (of Germanic origin).

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  1. from Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refreschir, refraischir, also refreschier, refraissier (=Spanish Portuguese refrescar =Italian rinfrescare, from Middle Latin refrescare, refriscare), refresh, cool, from Latin re-, again, + friscus, frescus, new, recent, fresh: see fresh.
  2. from refresh, v.
 

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