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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 C[ae]sar'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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {shop}, {shop at}, {buy at}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}] 2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
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