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<i>Hooker.</i>

<h1>Fraudulent</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraud"u*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fraudulentus</ets>, fr. <ets>fraus</ets>, <ets>fraudis</ets>, frand: cf. F. <ets>fraudulent</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; <as>as, a <ex>fraudulent</ex> bargain</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He, with serpent tongue, . . . His <b>fraudulent</b> temptation thus began. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Obtained or performed by artifice; <as>as, <ex>fraudulent</ex> conquest</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.</syn>

<h1>Frauulently</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Frau"u*lent*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fraudulent manner.</def>

<h1>Fraught</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraught</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>fraight</ets>, <ets>fraght</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>fragt</ets>, Sw. <ets>frakt</ets>, D. <ets>vracht</ets>, G. <ets>fracht</ets>, cf. OHG. <ets>fr<?/ht</ets> merit, reward; perh. from corresponding to E. <ets>for</ets> + The root of E. <ets>own</ets>. Cf. <er>Freight</er>.]</ety> <def>A freight; a cargo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fraught</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraught</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.</def>

<blockquote>A vessel of our country richly <b>fraught</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A discourse <b>fraught</b> with all the commending excellences o<?/speech. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Enterprises <b>fraught</b> with world-wide benefits. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraught</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraught</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fraughted</er> or <er>Fraught</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fraughting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to Dan. <ets>fragte</ets>, Sw. <ets>frakta</ets>, D. <ets>bevrachten</ets>, G. <ets>frachten</ets>, cf. OHG. <ets>fr&emac;ht&omac;n</ets> to deserve. See <er>Fraught</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Upon the tumbling billows <b>fraughted</b> ride The armed ships. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fraughtage</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraught"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Freight; loading; cargo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fraughting</h1> <Xpage=593>

<hw>Fraught"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Constituting the freight or cargo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>fraughting</i> souls within her."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fraunhofer lines</h1> <Xpage=593>

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