"refreshen" meaning in English

See refreshen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: refreshens [present, singular, third-person], refreshening [participle, present], refreshened [participle, past], refreshened [past]
Etymology: re- + freshen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|freshen}} re- + freshen Head templates: {{en-verb}} refreshen (third-person singular simple present refreshens, present participle refreshening, simple past and past participle refreshened)
  1. (transitive) To freshen again. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-refreshen-en-verb-SWXeJ3Kx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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