Definition of Refreshing
1. Adjective. Imparting vitality and energy. "The bracing mountain air"
Similar to: Invigorating
Derivative terms: Freshness
2. Adjective. Pleasantly new or different. "Common sense of a most refreshing sort"
Definition of Refreshing
1. a. Reviving; reanimating.
Definition of Refreshing
1. refresh [v] - See also: refresh
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Refreshing
Literary usage of Refreshing
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1. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1907)
"declared concerning the use of shorthand notes for the purpose of refreshing memory.
The old rules are applicable.81 the way a witness recollects a thing, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"PURE, FRAGRANT, refreshing. SIR ERASMUS WILSON, late President of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England, writes: "PEARS' SOAP is of. the nicest and most ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"Tuesday, 10th May, is a fine refreshing Rain of, it may be. ... May, 14.
plentifull refreshing Rain, Mr. Cooper and I dine at Mr. Stoddard's. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"I.—The Anatomy of Sleep; or the Art of Procuring Sound and refreshing Slumber at
Will. By ED. BINNS, MD, &c. Churchill. THE first thing we shall notice ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"It is quite refreshing to notice the minute care with which Prof. Weinhold describes
the construction of each piece of apparatus. As illustrations of this ..."
6. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"... for Soul refreshing,' 4 vols., London, 1696-1701 ; reprinted four times. 10.
'A Revelation of the Everlasting Gospel Message,' 1697. 11. ..."
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