Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to refresh
Participle: refreshed
Gerund: refreshing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | refresh |
| you | refresh |
| he;she;it | refreshes |
| we | refresh |
| you | refresh |
| they | refresh |
Perfect
| I | have refreshed |
| you | have refreshed |
| he;she;it | has refreshed |
| we | have refreshed |
| you | have refreshed |
| they | have refreshed |
Past
| I | refreshed |
| you | refreshed |
| he;she;it | refreshed |
| we | refreshed |
| you | refreshed |
| they | refreshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had refreshed |
| you | had refreshed |
| he;she;it | had refreshed |
| we | had refreshed |
| you | had refreshed |
| they | had refreshed |
Future
| I | will refresh |
| you | will refresh |
| he;she;it | will refresh |
| we | will refresh |
| you | will refresh |
| they | will refresh |
Future Perfect
| I | will have refreshed |
| you | will have refreshed |
| he;she;it | will have refreshed |
| we | will have refreshed |
| you | will have refreshed |
| they | will have refreshed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | refresh |
| you | refresh |
| he;she;it | refresh |
| we | refresh |
| you | refresh |
| they | refresh |
Perfect
| I | have refreshed |
| you | have refreshed |
| he;she;it | have refreshed |
| we | have refreshed |
| you | have refreshed |
| they | have refreshed |
Imperfect
| I | refreshed |
| you | refreshed |
| he;she;it | refreshed |
| we | refreshed |
| you | refreshed |
| they | refreshed |
Pluperfect
| I | had refreshed |
| you | had refreshed |
| he;she;it | had refreshed |
| we | had refreshed |
| you | had refreshed |
| they | had refreshed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would refresh |
| you | would refresh |
| he;she;it | would refresh |
| we | would refresh |
| you | would refresh |
| they | would refresh |
Perfect
| I | would have refreshed |
| you | would have refreshed |
| he;she;it | would have refreshed |
| we | would have refreshed |
| you | would have refreshed |
| they | would have refreshed |
Imperative
| you | refresh |
| we | Let's refresh |
| you | refresh |
Verbs conjugated like 'refresh'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'refresh'
deflesh,
fresh,
redress,
reflash,
reflush,
reforest,
refreshen,
refret,
refreyd,
regress,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- renew
- rejuvenate, revive, restore, reinvigorate, stimulate, enliven, reanimate, renovate
Antonyms
- renew
- weaken, wear, exhaust, impair
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh. See: French '
rafraîchir'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] localities, attractive to all readers of famous Diedrich Knickerbocker 's History. We were now in a narrow channel, with sloping banks on either side, besprinkled with pleasant villas, and made refreshing to the sight by turf and trees. Soon we shot in quick succession, past a light-house; a madhouse (how the lunatics flung up their caps and roared in sympathy with the headlong engine and the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] return to the charge over and over again. Many a budding president has walked into my room with his cap on his head and his hands in his pockets, and stared at me for two whole hours: occasionally refreshing himself with a tweak of his nose, or a draught from the water-jug; or by walking to the windows and inviting other boys in the street below, to come up and do likewise: crying, ‘Here he is ! ’ ‘Come [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] strongly to my recollection. The day was very warm, but the blinds being all closed, and the windows and doors set wide open, a shady coolness rustled through the rooms, which was exquisitely refreshing after the glare and heat without. Before the windows was an open piazza, where, in what they call the hot weather—whatever that may be—they sling hammocks, and drink and doze luxuriously. I do not [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] public-house was so very clean and good a one, that the managers of the jaunt resolved to return to it and put up there for the night, if possible. This course decided on, and the horses being well refreshed, we again pushed forward, and came upon the Prairie at sunset.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] ripe in our garden by the lake brought in for that special purpose, ” said St. Clare, gravely pulling the bell as he did so; “ meanwhile, cousin, you must be wanting to retire to your apartment, and refresh yourself a little, after your journey. Dolph, ” he added, “ tell Mammy to come here. ” The decent mulatto woman whom Eva had caressed so rapturously soon entered; she was dressed neatly, with a high [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Marie, ” said St. Clare, “ your golden days are dawning. Here is our practical, business-like New England cousin, who will take the whole budget of cares off your shoulders, and give you time to refresh yourself, and grow young and handsome. The ceremony of delivering the keys had better come off forthwith. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] homeward, as we related in the last chapter, was in due time answered by Master George, in a good, round, school-boy hand, that Tom said might be read “ most acrost the room. ” It contained various refreshing items of home intelligence, with which our reader is fully acquainted: stated how Aunt Chloe had been hired out to a confectioner in Louisville, where her skill in the pastry line was gaining [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)