transitive. To refresh, reinvigorate. Also reflexive. Obsolete.

transitive. To give rest or repose to (a person, a part of the body, etc.); to relieve or refresh by rest; to lay to rest. Also intransitive.

To strengthen (the bodily faculties, organs, etc.); to invigorate, refresh. Obsolete.

To refresh with repose or food: to entertain, accommodate hospitably. Also reflexive. Obsolete.

transitive. To give or restore vigour to; to stir up, inspire; = quicken, v.1 2. Now chiefly poetic.

transitive. To restore (a person) to health after sickness, suffering, etc.; to cure, heal. Frequently with from, of. Also figurative.

transitive. To impart fresh strength or energy to (a person, the spirits, a part of the body, etc.); to reinvigorate, revive; to provide with…

transitive. To refect or refresh with food or drink. Also figurative.

transitive. To bring (a person or a part of the body) back to a state of health, vigour, or strength; to heal. Also intransitive: to restore…

transitive. To prepare (oneself) for some activity, goal, etc.

To add force to, intensify, strengthen (a feeling, desire, influence); to impart fresh vigour or energy to (an action, movement, attack, etc.). Obs…

transitive. To give strength or energy to (a person or thing); to reinvigorate, revive. Also: to increase. Cf. to fresh up 2 at phrasal verbs. Obs…

transitive (chiefly in passive). To restore to vigour.

transitive. Usually of a thing: to strengthen or invigorate physically; to refresh. Also intransitive. Now rare.

transitive. To restore to a good or normal physical condition from a state of weakness or exhaustion; to refresh, reinvigorate (nature, strength, a…

transitive. To give, add, or restore vigour to (a person); to rouse, motivate, stir up.

transitive. To give fresh life or vigour to; to restore from a tired, languid, or depressed state. In early use also with infinitive.

To strengthen or revive physically. transitive. Of food or drink: to refresh or invigorate (a person, the body, etc.). Also with person as…

transitive. To refresh, nourish; to provide with a refection.

transitive. To refresh (another, oneself), esp. with food or drink; to restore from weariness or fatigue. Now rare (archaic and humorous in later…

transitive (and reflexive). To restore from weariness; to refresh or rest.

transitive. To give strength or energy to (a person, a person's mind, spirits, etc., or a part of the body); to reinvigorate, revive.

To strengthen constitutionally, or organically; to invigorate, refresh. Obsolete.

transitive. To invigorate.

figurative from senses 4, 5. To rouse, stir up, excite, embolden (the mind, oneself). Obsolete.

transitive. To gather or summon up (strength, courage, etc.); to rally or recover again by an effort. Now rare.

transitive. To give or afford rest to (a person); to refresh by means of rest. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To relieve by an interval of rest; to allow to rest. Obsolete.

transitive. To stir up, incite to action, spur on; to bring to a state of excitement or heightened emotion. Also with up. Without construction.

transitive. To reanimate, revive (a person, the spirits, etc.).

transitive. To impart liveliness, vividness, or interest to; to enliven.

transitive. To impart natural or spiritual life to, animate (a body, an individual). Also figurative.

transitive. = revivify, v.

To animate, encourage, quicken.

transitive. To furnish with sinews; to innerve; to inspire with vigour or strength.

figurative. To set in readiness for action; to raise (feeling) to a high degree; now usually, to put into a state of tension or intensity of…

transitive. To invigorate.

transitive. To put spirit, life, or energy into; to quicken, enliven, animate; to cheer, encourage; to incite, stir (to something, or to do…

transitive. To inspire with vigour; to invigorate.

transitive. To revive, reanimate, or refresh (a person, the spirits, senses, etc.).

transitive. To reinvigorate.

transitive. To reinvigorate, refresh. Also intransitive.

transitive. To put spirit or life into; to enliven, animate.

transitive. To revive, reinvigorate (a person). Obsolete.

transitive. To make (more) active; to move to activity; to initiate (a process). Also: to motivate.

transitive. To invigorate; to inspire with vigour.

To give fuller life to; to animate, inspirit, invigorate physically or spiritually; to quicken (feelings), stimulate (trade, etc.).

transitive. To impart vigour to; to render vigorous; to fill with life and energy; to strengthen, animate.

transitive. Originally: to concentrate or summon up (one's faculties, courage, etc.) by an effort of will. Later also: to revive or restore…

transitive. To invigorate again; to give fresh vigour to.

transitive. To give renewed strength or vigour to; (now esp.) to re-embolden with fresh courage or nerve; to steel. Also intransitive.

transitive. To give strength or energy to (a person, a person's mind, spirits, etc., or a part of the body); to reinvigorate, revive.

transitive. With up. Originally: to repair or refurbish. In later use (regional and U.S.) also: to clear or clean, to straighten or fix; (also) to…

transitive. To give new life or energy to (something); to reanimate, reinvigorate.

transitive. To regain (one's spirits, health, strength, etc.); to refresh or reinvigorate. Also: to improve or restore the strength or health of…

transitive. To revive, reinvigorate. Cf. brighten, v. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To revive or reinvigorate; to restore to a flourishing or vigorous condition.

transitive. To free from being tired; to rest.

transitive. To give fresh vigour or energy to (a thing).

To rouse to action or exertion as by pricking or goading; to spur on; to incite (a person) to do something; to impart additional energy to (an…

transitive. To brace again.

transitive. To make fresh again; to refresh.

transitive. To make brisk or lively. Also with up.

figurative. To refresh or make fruitful as with a supply of moisture.

(transitive) to act as a tonic upon, to invigorate, ‘brace up’; to administer a tonic to.

transitive. To give strength or energy to (a person or animal, a person's mind, spirits, etc.); to reinvigorate, revive. Cf. to freshen up 1 at fr…

transitive. figurative. To spice up; to enliven, to stimulate; to put mettle or spirit into; to rouse, to coax (into something or to do something)…

To relieve by an interval of rest; to rest (esp. a horse). Chiefly Australian.

transitive. To restore (a person) to health or vigour. Chiefly reflexive or in passive with unexpressed agent.

(reflexive and passive) to drink heavily, ‘soak’; intransitive to have a ‘binge’; transitive to enliven, const. up (cf. ‘pep up’).

transitive. To impart a tone to (in various senses of the noun); to modify, regulate, or adjust the tone or quality of; to give physical or mental…

= innervate, v.; also figurative to animate.

transitive. To make fierce. to fiercen up: to brush up, enliven. dialect.

to tone down, to lower the tone, quality, or character of; to soften, make less emphatic. to tone up, to raise or improve the tone of, to give a…

to buck up. intransitive. To cheer up, be encouraged. Also transitive in causal sense.

transitive. With up. To fill or inspire with liveliness or vigour; to restore energy or enthusiasm in (a person); to invigorate, stimulate, cheer…

transitive. To add liveliness or vigour to (a person or thing); to make more interesting or exciting; to make (food) spicier, tangier, or otherwise…

to perk up. transitive. To enliven, stimulate; to strengthen, bolster; to restore confidence, health, interest, liveliness, etc., in or to.

transitive. To make (something) more lively, exciting, or vibrant; to energize. Cf. zizz, n. 2, zhuzh, v.

transitive. To enliven, pep up (a person or thing). Usually as to hep up.

transitive. To add energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness to (something); to enliven, invigorate. Cf. zing, n. 2.

To animate, liven up, inspire. slang.