Frequent
Fre″quent (?), a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n.] 1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often...
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Frequent (2)
Fre‐quent″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n.Frequenting.] [L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent, a.] 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitu...
Frequentable
Fre‐quent″a‐ble (?), a. Accessible. Sidney.
Frequentage
Fre‐quent″age (?), n. The practice or habit of frequenting. Southey.
Frequentation
Fre″quen‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. frequentatio a crowding together, frequency: cf. F. fréquentation.] The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort. Chesterfield.
Frequentative
Fre‐quent″a‐tive (?), a. [L. frequentativus: cf. F. fréquentatif.] (Gram.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. — n. A frequentativ...
Frequenter
Fre‐quent‐er (?), n. One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.
Frequently
Fre‐quent‐ly (?), adv. At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
Frequentness
Fre″quent‐ness, n. The quality of being frequent.
Frère
‖Frère (?), n. [F. See Friar.] A friar. Chaucer.
Frescade
Fres″cade (?), n. [See Fresco, Fresh, a.] A cool walk; shady place. Maunder.
Fresco
Fres″co (?), n.; pl.Frescoes or Frescos (#). [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. Prior.2....
Fresco (2)
Fres″co, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Frescoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frescoing.] To paint in fresco, as walls.
Fresh
Fresh (frĕsh), a. [Compar.Fresher (–ẽr); superl.Freshest.] [OE. fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc, Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. frīskr frisky, b...
Fresh (2)
Fresh, n.; pl.Freshes (�). 1. A stream or spring of fresh water.He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show himWhere the quick freshes are. Shak.2. A flood; a freshet. Ha...
Fresh (3)
Fresh, v. t. To refresh; to freshen. Rom. of R.
Fresh-new
Fresh″–new′ (?), a. Unpracticed. Shak.
Fresh-water
Fresh″–wa′ter (?), a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.2. Accustomed to sail on f...
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 salt; as, to freshe...
Freshen (2)
Fresh″en (?), v. i. 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
Freshet
Fresh″et (?), n. [OE. fresche flood + -et. See Fresh, a.] 1. A stream of fresh water. Milton.2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden...
Freshly
Fresh″ly, adv. In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly.Looks he as freshly as he...
Freshman
Fresh″man (?), n.; pl.Freshmen (�). A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a college or university.He drank his glass and cr...
Freshmanship
Fresh″man‐ship, n. The state of being a freshman.
Freshment
Fresh″ment (?), n. Refreshment.
Freshness
Fresh″ness, n. The state of being fresh.The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshnessof men. Hayward.And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden.Her cheeks the...
Fresnel lamp
{ Fres′nel″ lamp″ (?), Fres'nel' lan'tern (?).} [From Fresnel the inventor, a French physicist.] A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.