To make fresh or as if new again; freshen; improve; restore; repair; renovate.To make fresh or vigorous again; restore vigor or energy to; give new strength to; reinvigorate; recreate or revive after fatigue, privation, pain, or the like; reanimate.To steep and soak, particularly vegetables, in pure water with a view to restore their fresh appearance.To become fresh or vigorous again; revive; become reanimated or reinvig-orated.To take refreshment, as food or drink.To lay in a fresh stock of provisions.n. The act of refreshing; refreshment.