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Fre"quent (?), a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. frÈquent. 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 CÊsar'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. frÈquenter. 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.

Fre*quent"a*ble (?), a. Accessible. [R.] Sidney.

Fre*quent"age (?), n. The practice or habit of frequenting. [R.] Southey.

Fre"quen*ta"tion (?), n. [L. frequentatio a crowding together, frequency: cf. F. frÈquentation.] The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort. Chesterfield.

Fre*quent"a*tive (?), a. [L. frequentativus: cf. F. frÈquentatif.] (Gram.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n. A frequentative verb.

Fre*quent*er (?), n. One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily.

Fre*quent*ly (?), adv. At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.

Fre"quent*ness, n. The quality of being frequent.

||FrËre (?), n. [F. See Friar.] A friar. Chaucer.

Fres"cade (?), n. [See Fresco, Fresh, a.] A cool walk; shady place. [R.] Maunder.

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. [R.] Prior.

2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.