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[Eng. fresh; -ly.] 1. Newly, recently. 'Freschly and newly. Recenter, noviter." -Prompt . Parv. 2. With a fresh or healthy look. "Looks he as freshly as he did the day he wrestled?"Shakesp.: As You Like It , iii. 2. 3. Anew, afresh. "Puts the drowsy act freshly on me." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , i. 2. 4. Briskly; strongly; as, The wind blows freshly. fresh-man, s. & a. [ Eng.fresh , and man .] A. As subst .: A novice; a beginner; spec if., a student of the first year in a university. "With thoughts lower than any beadle he [Bishop Hall] betakes him to whip the sign-posts of Cambridge ale-houses, the ordinary subjects of freshmen's tales, and in a straine as pitiful." -Milton : An Apology for Smectym nuus. B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to a freshman, or the student of the first year in a university. fresh-man-ship, s. [English freshman; -ship.] The quality or state of being a freshman. *fresh-ment, s. [Eng. fresh; -ment.] Refreshing influence. fresh-ne , *fre he-ne e, *fre h-ne e, s. [Eng. fresh; -ne .] 1. The quality of being fresh or recent. "Most odors smell best broken or crushed; but flowers pre ed or beaten, do lose the freshne and sweetne of their odor." -Bacon . 2. The quality of being free from salt. 3. An appearance of being fresh; absence of decay or lo of brightne , health, or vigor. "He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all; Knows what the freshne of their hue implies." Cowper: Needle Alarm. 4. Freedom from stalene , commonplacene . "For the constant freshne of it, it is such a pleasure as can never cloy or overwork the mind; for surely no man was ever weary of thinking, that he had done well or virtuously."- South . 5. Freedom from fatigue or exhaustion; activity, strength, vigor. "The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshne of men." - Hayward . 6. An invigorating coolne , sharpne , or brisk Law: A force, or act of unlawful violence, newly ne . done in any city, borough, . *fresh-suit, *fresh-pursuit, s . 4. Not used; not worn. "Our garments are now as fresh as when we put them minates only with his capture. ( Wharton . ) on first."-Shakesp.: Tempest , ii. 1. 5. New; not had before. "To our crown he did fresh jewels bring." Dryden: To the Lord Protector, vii. 6. Recently come or arrived; recent. "Amidst the spirits Palinurus pre ed, Yet fresh from life, & new admitted guest." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, vi. 462. 7. Vividly or distinctly retained in the mind; accurately remembered. "But pray, sir, while it is fresh in my mind, do you hear anything of his wife and children?"-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. 8. Full of health and strength; strong; not fatigued; active. "At Chedzoy he stopped a moment to mount a fresh horse and to hide his blue riband and his George." Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. v. 9. Rather strong; brisk. "When the fresh breeze is fair as breeze may be." Byron: Childe Harold, ii. 17. 10. Reinvigorated; full of new life and vigor. "Thy friendship makes us fresh," Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , iii. 8. 11. Frisky, not tired; as, a fresh horse. "Now, is your horse pretty fresh ?"-Dickens: Our Mutual Friend, bk. ii., ch. iii. 12. Youthful, florid; in the prime of life. "Adonis lovely, fresh, and green." Shakesp.: Pilgrim of Love, 44. 13. Ardent, eager, unchanging. "Ever since a fresh admirer of what I saw." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., i. 1. 14 Reinvigorating, refreshing. "Under a fresh tree's shade." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III ., ii. 5. 15. Cooling. "The choicest herbs I to thy board will bring, And draw thy water from the freshest spring." Prior: Henry and Emma. *fresh, *freshe, v. t. & i. [FRESH, a.] A. Trans.: To refresh. "I walked abroad to breathe the freshing air." Spenser: Daphnaida. B. In trans.: To freshen; to become fresher. "The 16th the winde freshed." -Hackluyt : Voyages , ii. 107. fresh-en, v. t. & i. [English fresh, and suff. -en (q. v.).] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To make fresh; to enliven; to refresh; to revive. "A field before them freshened with the dew." Words worth: Excursion, bk. ix. 2. To make fresh by the removal or abstraction of salt. II. To relieve, as a rope, by altering the position of a part exposed to friction. B. Intransitive: 1. To become fresh; to lose saltne . 2. To become fresh or brisk. "The freshening breeze of eve unfurled that banner's ma y fold." Macaulay: The Armada. 3. To gain strength; to become strong or stronger. "He beheld His followers faint by freshening foes repelled." Byron: Corsair , ii. 6. "He felt his soul become more light Beneath the freshne of the night." Byron: Siege of Corinth , xiv. 7. Ruddine ; color of health. "Whose youth and freshne wrinkles Apollo's." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , ii. 2. *8. A running stream, a freshet. "The hurrying freshne es aye preach A natural sermon o'er their pebbly beds." Keats: I Stood on Tiptoe, 60.