afresh, adv.
(əˈfrɛʃ)
Also 6 afresshe, afreshe.
[f. a- prefix 3 + fresh, probably after analogy of anew, in which the a- is a reduction of of. No instance of of fresh has been found. On fresh is probably a mere erroneous expansion, after such pairs as a-sleep, on-sleep, in which a- really = on.]
Anew, with a fresh commencement, freshly.
| 1509 Fisher Wks. 183 Now shewe mercy vpon thy chyrche afresshe. 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, i. ii. 56 Dead Henries wounds Open their congeal'd mouthes, and bleed afresh. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turkes (1638) 190 Wars began again to arise on fresh. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 184 ¶2 The day calls afresh upon him for a new topicke. 1836 Thirlwall Greece III. xxiv. 338 Existing treaties should be ratified afresh. 1853 Kingsley Hypatia iii. (1869) 35 We start afresh. |