means To restore something to a fresher or newer state — whether reloading a webpage, reviving your energy, or topping up your memory.

from From the Old French 'refreschir,' built from 're-' (again) and 'fresche' (fresh) — itself a cousin of the Germanic word that gives us 'fresh.' For centuries it meant to make cool, new, or revived, as a drink refreshes a thirsty traveler; only in the digital age did it become the verb we hurl at frozen screens, begging the same old page to be born again.