LekhoriLekhoriTo renew or revitalize.
Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
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.
Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?
From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.
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