freshen
/ˈfɹɛʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.85 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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;"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyskosder. Proto-Germanic *friskaz Proto-West Germanic *frisk Old English fersċ Middle English fressh English fresh English -en English freshen From fresh + -en.