Frequent \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.
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2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in
any practice; habitual; persistent.
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He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself
hearty for the government. --Swift.
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3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
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'T is C[ae]sar's will to have a frequent senate.
--B. Jonson.
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4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
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'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued
The Catti and the Daci. --Massinger.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Frequent \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; as, to
frequent a tavern.
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He frequented the court of Augustus. --Dryden.
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2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.]
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With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frequent
adj 1: coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest";
"frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent]
2: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is
using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive
`lie'";
v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop
at, buy at, sponsor] [ant: boycott, boycott]
2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She
haunts the ballet" [syn: haunt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, oft-repeated,
oftentime, 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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