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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraught \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE. fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw frakt, D. vracht G. fracht, cf OHG. fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own Cf {Freight}.] A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraught \Fraught\, a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. A vessel of our country richly fraught. --Shak. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. --South. Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraught \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught}; p. pr & vb n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte Sw frakta D. bevrachten G. frachten cf OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to deserve. See {Fraught}, n.] To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.] Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. --Fairfax. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fraught adj 1: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship" 2: filled with or attended with "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [syn: {fraught(p)}, {pregnant}]
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