About The Word Frequent
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Frequent
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What's The Definition Of Frequent?
[adj] frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
[adj] coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [v] do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [v] be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place Synonyms | Synonyms for Frequent: buy at | common | patronise | patronize | predominant | prevailing | regular | shop | shop at | sponsor | steady Related Terms | Find terms related to Frequent: affect | attend | automatic | beaten | common | constant | continual | continuing | continuous | countless | customary | cyclical | ever-recurring | everyday | familiar | frequentative | habitual | hackneyed | hang around | hang out | hang out at | haunt | haunting | incessant | infest | innumerable | iterative | many | many times | normal | not rare | numerous | of common occurrence | oftentime | oft-repeated | ordinary | overrun | patronize | periodic | persistent | prevalent | reappearing | recurrent | recurring | regular | reiterative | repeated | repetitive | resort | resort to | returning | revenant | routine | stereotyped | thematic | thick-coming | trite | ubiquitous | usual | visit | well-trodden | well-worn See Also | back up | support | travel to | visit Frequent In Webster's Dictionary \Fre"quent\, a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded,
frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr['e]quent. Cf.
{Farce}, n.]
1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often
repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. ``Frequent
feudal towers.'' --Byron.
2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in
any practice; habitual; persistent.
He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself
hearty for the government. --Swift.
3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
'T is C[ae]sar's will to have a frequent senate.
--B. Jonson.
4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti
and the Daci. --Massinger.
\Fre*quent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frequented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frequenting}.] [L. frequentare: cf. F. fr['e]quenter. See {Frequent}, a.] 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. He frequented the court of Augustus. --Dryden. 2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.] With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton. |
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