Freshened

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freshened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Freshening}]
     1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline
        ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water,
        fish, or flesh.
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     2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     3. (Naut.) 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. -- Totten.
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     {To freshen ballast} (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
  
     {To freshen the hawse}, to pay out a little more cable, so as
        to bring the chafe on another part.
  
     {To freshen the way}, to increase the speed of a vessel.
        --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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