1. (v.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

2. (v.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

3. (n.) The act of refreshing.

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