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adjective

Frequent adj.

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers."

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."

Full; crowded; thronged. (Obs.) "'T is Caesar's will to have a frequent senate."

Often or commonly reported. (Obs.) "'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci."

verb

Frequent v. t. (past & past part. frequented; pres. part. frequenting)

To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to frequent a tavern. "He frequented the court of Augustus."

To make full; to fill. (Obs.) "With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite."

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Etymology of 'Frequent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... was a sweet-faced lady with a large mole on her right cheek. Margaret used to call her 'Moley,' when she was mad at her, which was right frequent. Her name was Magdalene Mather and she'd been married three times. She was dreadful careless with her husbands and had mislaid 'em all. Not bein' able to find 'em again, she just reckoned on their bein' dead and was ...

— Flower of the Dusk • Myrtle Reed

... too frequent reiteration of the act of venery. There did I wait for you, quoth Panurge, and shall willingly apply it to myself, whilst anyone that pleaseth may, for me, make use of any of the four preceding. That is the very same thing, quoth Friar John, which Father Scyllino, Prior of Saint Victor ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... And, for the satisfaction of the world, Hieronimo, frequent my homely house, The Duke of Castile Ciprians ancient seat; And when thou wilt, vse me, my sonne, and it. But heere before Prince Balthazar and me Embrace each other, and be ...

— The Spanish Tragedie • Thomas Kyd

... woven upon a cotton warp, with a single twisted wool-filling. This peculiarity of texture makes it very suitable for embroidery, since it offers little resistance to the needle, and yet is firm enough to prevent stitches sinking into its substance—a frequent fault with soft or loosely woven textiles. The warp is generally made of what the weavers call mill yarns, cotton yarns spun and often dyed in cotton mills; and when the cloth is woven for women's wear ...

— How to make rugs • Candace Wheeler

... conducting herself without restraint; Neergard's snickering laugh grew more significant and persistent; even Rosamund spoke too loudly at moments; and once she looked around at Nina and Selwyn while her pretty, accentless laughter, rippling with its undertone of malice, became more frequent in the increasing tumult. ...

— The Younger Set • Robert W. Chambers

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