refresh

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb refresh one's memory
  2. verb make (to feel) fresh
  3. verb become or make oneself fresh again

Etymology

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

In classic literature

Synonyms

review, brush up

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