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AFRESH
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Again but in a new or different way
Example:
starting life anew in a fresh place
Synonyms:
afresh; anew
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Context examples:
The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful reinvasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer’s eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Now that I had a moment to myself, I lost no time in changing the priming of my pistol, and then, having one ready for service, and to make assurance doubly sure, I proceeded to draw the load of the other and recharge it afresh from the beginning.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The very last evening was spent there; and her ladyship again inquired minutely into the particulars of their journey, gave them directions as to the best method of packing, and was so urgent on the necessity of placing gowns in the only right way, that Maria thought herself obliged, on her return, to undo all the work of the morning, and pack her trunk afresh.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Take heart afresh, dear husband of Madam Mina.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
His complex anger flamed afresh, and Ruth was in terror of him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Her sobs broke out afresh, and she murmured some inarticulate thanks to me for not having driven her away from the door.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I lay still a while: the night-wind swept over the hill and over me, and died moaning in the distance; the rain fell fast, wetting me afresh to the skin.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The growl rose in the throat with the culmination of each forward-pushing movement, and ebbed down to start up afresh with the beginning of the next movement.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The general hope was that the West Indian expedition since the peace might have given many of their fleet an ocean training, and that they might be tempted out into mid-Channel if the war were to break out afresh.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am puzzled afresh about Renfield.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
