refresh
/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ noun B2- The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
- The process of modernizing something.
Plural refreshes
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“Ah,” said Dantès, “you might well endure the tedious delay; you were constantly employed in the task you set yourself, and when weary with toil, you had your hopes to refresh and encourage you.”
“‘He simply wished, I should imagine, to refresh his memory upon that last occasion.
“Stay,” said Monte Cristo, “here, in this very spot” (and he stamped upon the ground), “I had the earth dug up and fresh mould put in, to refresh these old trees; well, my man, digging, found a box, or rather, the iron-work of a box, in the midst of which was the skeleton of a newly born infant.”
Then, seeing the young man was about to relapse into melancholy, “Let us go out, Albert,” said he; “a ride in the wood in the phaeton, or on horseback, will refresh you; we will then return to breakfast, and you shall attend to your affairs, and I to mine.”
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