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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRESH'EN, v.t. fresh'n.
1. To make fresh; to dulcify; to separate, as water from saline particles; to take saltiness from any thing; as, to freshen water, fish or flesh.
2. To refresh; to revive. [Not used.]
3. In seaman's language, to apply new service to a cable; as, to freshen hawse.
FRESH'EN, v.i.
1. To grow fresh; to lose salt or saltiness.
2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh, freshen]
2: become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [syn: freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up]
3: make fresh again [syn: refresh, freshen, refreshen] [ant: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary]

Merriam Webster's

verb (freshened; freshening) Date: 1697 intransitive verb 1. to grow or become fresh: as a. of wind to increase in strength b. to become fresh in appearance or vitality — usually used with up <freshen up with a shower> 2. of a milk animal to begin lactating transitive verb to make fresh; also refresh, revive • freshener noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become fresh or fresher. 2 intr. & tr. (foll. by up) a wash, change one's clothes, etc. b revive, refresh, renew.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Freshen Fresh"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening] 1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(freshens, freshening, freshened) If the wind freshens, it becomes stronger and colder. The wind had freshened. VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Make fresher or less salt. 2. Freshen up, reinvigorate, refresh, revive. II. v. n. 1. Grow fresh, revive. 2. Grow brisk (said of the wind), rise.

Moby Thesaurus

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