SG Heritage Dictionary

Freshen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To grow fresh; to lose salt or saltiness.

2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Freshen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. fresh'n.

2. To make fresh; to dulcify; to separate, as water from saline particles; to take saltiness from any thing; as, to freshen water, fish or flesh.

3. To refresh; to revive. [Not used.]

4. In seaman's language, to apply new service to a cable; as, to freshen hawse.

Freshen [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.

2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Freshen [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

2. To refresh; to revive.

3. To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.

Freshened [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Deprived of saltiness; sweetened.

Freshened [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Freshening [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913