freshen

1. (intransitive) To become fresh.Examples: "Ah, how my spirit freshens, as I taste That life-restoring breeze!"; "He descended and came to a small basin of sea enclosed by the cliffs. Troy’s nature freshened within him; he thought he would rest and bathe here before going farther."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To become fresh.Examples: "1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 4, “The Titiri, or Pipiri,” p. 468, They breed, says M. Deshayes, in the heats of autumn, and during the freshening air of winter, at St. Domingo …"; "We set out at once, swinging along at a good gait in the freshening afternoon, walking now the track, now the road which skirted it [...]"; "A little later, Harry sensed, by a freshening of the air, that they had reached the edge of the forest."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To become fresh.Examples: "He coasted along the American Continent from the 60th degree of northern latitude, till he fell in with the Gulph of St. Lawrence, which he continued to navigate till he perceived the water to freshen;"; "They [...] drank from fresh-water lakes formed where old salt ice had freshened and melted [...]"intransitive

4. (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.Examples: "[...] the wind freshen’d, and carryed our Maintop-mast by the board; in which disaster, the man that was lower-most, and least in danger, fell over-board, and was drowned;"; "[...] he call’d his chief Mate as he was going off from the Watch, and ask’d him how all things far’d; who answer’d, that all was well, and the Gale freshen’d, and they run at a great Rate;"; "All day the breeze held in the same point, and rather freshened than died down; and towards afternoon, a swell began to set in from round the outer Hebrides."intransitive

5. (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.Examples: "For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna."; "The cow freshened the week before Christmas. The calf was a heifer and there was rejoicing on Baxter’s Island."; "It was a miserably small two-week net for eight good Holsteins, but they were near the end of their lactation period; soon he’d have to arrange for freshening them again."intransitivetransitive

6. (transitive) To make fresh.Examples: "1657, John Davies (translator), Astrea by Honoré d'Urfé, London: H. Moseley et al., Volume 2, Part 3, Book 1, pp. 122-123, … the good Druid went to seeke out some hearbs by the bank sides, which he knew were good to be applyed unto my wounds, and which would a little freshen and invigorate my spirits;"; "I’ve been pegging away at mathematics till my head is in a muddle, and I’m going to freshen my wits by a brisk turn."; "They went into the little room again at about a quarter to nine, freshened by a meal in the canteen and a cigarette."transitive