'Freshen' definitions:

Definition of 'freshen'

(from WordNet)
verb
Make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh, freshen]
verb
Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [syn: freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up]
verb
Make fresh again [syn: refresh, freshen, refreshen] [ant: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary]

Definition of 'Freshen'

From: GCIDE
  • Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. i.
  • 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Freshen'

From: GCIDE
  • Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]
  • 1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. -- Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
  • To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
  • To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]