† frequentn.
Obsolete. rare.
Frequentation, resort.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun]
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hauntc1330
hauntingc1400
resortc1425
resorting?a1439
recoursea1456
repairc1480
frequentinga1555
frequentation1585
frequentance1593
frequent1631
frequency1642
frequentage1814
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies iv. 30 Private alleyes and by-lanes are his Sanctuaryes in the Citie: but places of publike frequent in the Countrey.
1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 162 Private solitary groves Shut from frequent, his contemplation loves.
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frequentadj.adv.
/ˈfriːkw(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfrikwənt/ A. adj.† 1. † b. Of a place: Filled, full, crowded (with persons, rarely with things). Also, much resorted to, frequented. Obsolete.
a. Of persons, an assembly, etc.: Assembled in great numbers, crowded, full. Often in full and frequent. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present at a proceeding > well-attended
frequent1590
well-attended1727
1590 tr. P. Ubaldini Disc. Spanishe inuading Eng. 1588 26 There was generally made throughout the whole Realme a most frequent assemblie of all sorts of people.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 14 He..in a ful and frequent assemblie..besought the faithfull helpe and assistance of his soldiers.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 71 As when of frequent bees Swarms rise out of a hollow rock.
1638 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 54 To-morrow, in Stirling, is expected a frequent Counsell.
1677 J. Dryden State Innocence i. i. 3 'Tis fit in frequent Senate we confer.
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 377 Apart they sate, And full and frequent, form'd a dire debate.
1746 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann (1857) II. 38 One hundred and thirty-nine Lords were present, and made a noble sight on their benches frequent and full!
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [adjective] > (much) frequented
frequentc1540
haunted1576
well-frequented1578
frequented1601
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > crowded
thickc893
replete?a1475
frequentc1540
throng1557
thicky1587
thronged1605
celebrious1611
crowded1612
stiff1683
swarming1810
multitudinous1820
throngful1830
dense1842
swarmy1858
teeminga1873
swarmed1885
mobbed1898
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Avjv The erd is now mair frequent in pepyl, than it was.
1555 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 239 Master Scory and certain other..have an English Church there, but not very frequent.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 342 When he was to play upon his harpe, for a prize in some frequent Theater.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Frequent,..much haunted, or goe too.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 1 The town..seemed frequent and full of people.
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 7 Halls, Frequent with crystal column, and clear shrines Of pearl.
2. Found at short distances apart; numerous, abundant. Somewhat archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > at short intervals apart
frequent1605
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 2 [Britaine is]..beautified with many populous Cities..frequent Hospitals [etc.].
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 440 There is no beast so frequent as these in all Cilicia.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 2 Pirats and Pickaronoes: which are very frequent upon the Coasts of Spaine.
1718 J. Addison Remarks Italy (ed. 2) 189 Through frequent Cracks the steaming Sulphur broke.
1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana 86 The Plant..is very frequent in most of the Southern Parts of this Country.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 217 Walls..flanked and crowned by frequent square towers.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. vii. 89 It was a wise and lovely sentiment, that set up the frequent shrine and cross along the roadside.
3. † b. Of a report, etc.: Widely current. Of a book: Widely circulated, popular. Obsolete.
a. Commonly used or practised, well known, common, usual. Now rare. †frequent to: commonly occurring in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary
wonesomec1200
wonec1275
customable1381
customeda1382
useda1382
wonta1382
wonted1408
accustomed1429
vulgarc1430
usualc1444
famosec1449
customalc1450
accustomablec1475
accustomatea1513
frequent1531
accustomary1541
customary1574
frequented1586
consuetudinary1590
ordinary1605
consuetudinal1656
habitual1689
solent1694
regulation1803
usitate1885
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. vii. sig. av Howe frequent & familiar a thynge with euery astate & degre throughout Christendome is this reuerent othe.
1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 49 I have not..used any one word not frequent, and familiar.
1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. i. 65/2 In the epistles Dedicatory..'tis frequent To belie men with praise.
1706 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Her Majesty's Arms Disc. sig. Aj There is nothing more frequent among us, than..Pindarique Odes.
1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) II. iii. 153 Such enamelled plates being frequent to old watches instead of crystals.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 139 Such we may rely on it was a picture, and a correct one, of frequent life.
1869 Times 1 Jan. 4 It is frequent to impute to Radicals the wish to ‘Americanize our institutions’.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [adjective] > published or spread abroad
publisheda1400
divulgatea1440
well-sunga1450
vulgate1513
promulgate1526
blazed1590
divulged1607
frequent1623
promulgated1657
announced1769
publicized1822
divulgated1842
outblown1851
vulgateda1861
circulated1867
broadcast1878
well-publicized1917
society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [adjective] > best- or quick-selling
well-selling1606
frequent1623
bestselling1797
megaselling1983
1623 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) II. 369 I was not then fully persuaded of the prince's going to Spain, though the report were frequent, from London.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxv. sig. E10 His frequent'st Workes goe out in single sheets.
1629 P. Massinger Roman Actor i. i. sig. Bv 'Tis frequent in the Citie, he hath subdued The Catti, and the Daci.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 62 The story is frequent.
4. Happening or occurring at short intervals; often recurring; coming or happening in close succession. Of the pulse: Faster than is normal or usual (cf. French pouls fréquent).The prevailing sense, by which all the others, so far as they survive, are more or less coloured.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [adjective]
commona1325
ofta1382
yedera1400
oftena1450
thick?c1450
repeated1577
obvious1586
crebrousc1600
frequent1604
thick and threefold1615
oftentime1876
oft-time1895
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > rapid pulse
sublated1647
frequent1707
running1821
fluttering1834
sharp1843
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Frequent, often, done many times.
1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 260 This watch-word will be frequent in his cups.
1663 A. Marvell Let. Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 251 Concerning which you may expect frequente letters.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 43 This Pulse is feverish..and frequenter than the former.
1750 T. Newton Milton's Paradise Lost There have been frequent forgeries in the literary world.
1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 539/2 The blights were this year..more frequent, and..more destructive than usual.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. i These green banks..Brown, when I left them last, with frequent feet.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 166 The snow was deep..and our immersions in unseen holes very frequent.
5. Addicted to, wont to indulge in (a practice, course of action); accustomed to do (something); given to repetition in (a subject). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont
wontc888
haunteda1325
accustomed1429
consuetec1503
acquainted1572
frequent1575
occasioned1576
fain1596
wontlike1601
habited1605
habituate1606
wonted1611
practised1656
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 33v Bot weill ȝe knaw, thair is na men frequent To enter heir.
1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. ix. & xii. 101 The holy Ghost in this booke, is very frequent in this point.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. ii. 32 He is..lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then formerly he hath appeared. View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 200 The Fathers are frequent in comparing..Eve, the Mother of Man, and Mary the Mother of God.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. i. 7 How frequent the Scripture is in the prohibition of this practice.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 244. ⁋5 Fellows of this Class are very frequent in the Repetition of the Words Rough and Manly.
1873 J. H. Newman Idea of Univ. (ed. 3) 329 Milton is frequent in allusions to his own history and circumstances.
6. † a. That is often at or in (a place). Obsolete. † c. That is often in company with (a person); familiar; conversant in (a subject). Obsolete.
Thesaurus »
b. (with an agent-noun): That does a thing often; constant, habitual, regular.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually
customablec1449
accustomablec1475
inure1475
usual1579
frequent1611
habituated1619
customary1629
regular1782
habitual1825
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. xi. 23 In prisons more frequent: in deaths oft. View more context for this quotation
1628 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 208 Fyve of the frequentest Comunicants.
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) i. a. 26 In sufferinge such a crew of riotous gallants..to bee so frequent Both in your howse and presence.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 306 The timorous hare, Grown so familiar with her frequent guest, Scarce shuns me.
1857 R. A. Willmott Pleasures of Lit. xi. 49 Of course, the frequent writer will in time be quick.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 211 The Professor..was a frequent guest at my grandmother's tea-table.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > [adjective]
sociable1573
frequent1609
conversative1617
conversablea1631
conversive1661
homiletical1668
social1788
interpersonal1842
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont > familiar with or experienced in anything
familiar1509
frequentative1575
experienced1576
beatena1593
frequent1609
veteran1624
seasoneda1643
hackneyed1749
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with
craftyOE
slyc1175
coutha1225
well acquainteda1250
privyc1300
cunningc1325
well-groundeda1438
acquainted?a1439
familiar1509
at home1531
overseen1533
intelligent1546
long-experienced1567
conversant1573
skilful1596
accomplished1603
frequent1609
well (better, best) verseda1610
understanding1612
sound1615
studieda1616
technical1617
versed1622
conversing1724
versant1787
on intimate habits1809
special1830
inquainted1849
pre-acquainted1907
sophisticated1952
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxvii. sig. H Accuse me thus..That I haue frequent binne with vnknown mindes. View more context for this quotation
1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 214 A talkative Barber: with whome he is the more frequent.
1631 T. Heywood England's Elizabeth (1641) 52 He was..In the liberall arts so frequent, that they appeared rather innate and born with him, then..acquired.
1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age To Rdr. sig. A4v Euery hard name, which may appeare obscure or intricate to such as are not frequent in Poetry.
B. adv.
Frequently, often. (nonstandard in later use.)ⓘ
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [adverb]
unseldea950
oftOE
thickOE
ylomeOE
oftsithec1175
oftsithesc1175
lomec1200
oftlya1225
oft-stounds1303
continuallyc1305
oftena1325
rifely1357
oft-timesc1384
oft-timec1387
oftentimesa1393
oftentimec1395
fele-sitha1400
lightlya1400
oftentide?a1400
rifea1400
seresitha1400
many a foldc1400
often sithec1405
hauntinglyc1440
by many a foldc1450
fele-syss1489
frequently1531
feltymesc1540
oftens1567
oftenly1574
frequent1614
repeatedlya1647
(as) often as not1723
more often (or oftener) than not1723
not uncommonly1747
not infrequently1779
(at) every whip-stitch1824
oftenwhilesa1850
at short intervals1859
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 6 Such like more occurre in ancient and later Storie very frequent.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 61 Th' old And crazy earth has had her shaking fits More frequent.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 30 Nor frequent does the bright oar break The darkening mirror of the lake.
1870 B. Harte Truthful James ii But his smile it was pensive and childlike, As I frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
Derivatives
ˈfrequentness n. the state or condition of being frequent; frequency.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > [noun]
oftnessa1425
oftenness1565
community1595
commonness1597
frequence1603
assiduity1611
frequency1641
crebrity1656
frequentness1664
ofteninga1889
1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. c 7 a The more-then-ordinary frequentness of burning the blessed Protestant Martyrs..in this Period.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues ii. viii. 217 Admit the necessity of dying, what necessity or conveniency of the frequentness of Diseases?
1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 344 The frequentness of saintship among the Irish.
Draft additions January 2002
frequent flyer n. (a) a person who regularly travels by aeroplane, esp. on the same route or with the same airline; (b) attributive, designating or relating to a consumer incentive scheme under which credits accumulated with qualifying transactions (originally flights booked with the same airline) are redeemable against the cost of future travel and other leisure services; cf. air mile n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > aircraft passengers > wealthy or frequent users of jet travel > member of
jet-setter1959
frequent flyer1980
1980 Business Week (Nexis) 28 Apr. 104 Pan American..gave international passengers souvenir plates last summer,..but discarded the idea after frequent fliers complained about getting duplicates.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. e1 Delta's ‘Frequent Flyer’ program, which requires travelers to sign up ahead of time, is less generous than Northwest's.
1988 Los Angeles Times 7 Feb. vii. 9/1 With the latest round of triple mileage offers to frequent fliers, the airlines have finally, it seems, taken leave of their senses... The hazard is that the airlines are running up an indebtedness to frequent-flier club members of hundreds of millions..of miles.
2000 D. Brooks Bobos in Paradise 149 Airborne academics hop from conference to conference, racking up frequent flyer miles and comparing notes on duty-free opportunities around the globe.
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frequentv.
/frᵻˈkwɛnt/, U.S. /friˈkwɛnt/, /ˈfrikwənt/ 1. transitive. To visit or make use of (a place) often; to resort to habitually; to attend (a meeting, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt [verb (transitive)]
hauntc1290
usea1382
resortc1450
enhaunt1530
practise1553
frequent1555
dog1600
habituate1872
the world > space > place > presence > be present at [verb (transitive)] > be present at (a proceeding or meeting)
tend1460
to make one1542
frequent1555
assist1603
attend1646
to sit in1919
society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > again > travel (a route) frequently
frequent1555
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 320v The nauigation to India..was then wel knowen and frequented.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 266 Many..haue frequented sermons with appearance of great deuotion.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 769 This house is fiftie or threescore yards long, frequented onely by Priests.
1694 E. Gibson Let. 13 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 227 He constantly frequented the Presbyterian meetings.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 148. ⁋4 A Coffee-house which I myself frequent.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 6 Some of those Ways thro' the Hills were much frequented.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xi. 35 Proper Ideas or Materials are only to be got by frequenting good Company.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 213 Drawing in the academy, which was then frequented, though established only by private contributions among the artists.
1834 L. Hunt Town (1848) iv. 191 The Church of St. Clement Danes..was the one most frequented by Dr. Johnson.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 213 Whales of the species called ‘California Greys’, frequent this..bay.
2. † b. Of a disease: To attack often. Obsolete. rare.
a. To visit or associate with (a person); to be frequently with (a person) or in (his company). Now somewhat rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
drawc1275
mella1300
meeta1325
fellow1340
usec1384
conjoinc1386
joinc1390
knitc1400
accompany1461
enfellowship1470
frequent1477
haunt1477
mixa1513
encompanya1533
combinea1535
contract1548
to take with ——1562
associate1581
to have a saying toa1593
cope1594
sort1594
to take in1597
consort1600
herd1606
factionate1611
to keep company (with)a1616
accost1633
solder1641
converse1649
walk1650
consociate1653
coalite1734
to get with ——a1772
forgather1786
unionize1810
to go rounda1867
to mix in1870
cop1940
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 62 Frequente and haunte the companyes of wysemen and not of the riche.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Diogenes Cynicus in Panoplie Epist. 293 If you frequent the companie of Crates, a man indued with rare wisdome.
1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxvi. iii I did not them frequent, Who be to vainesse bent.
1616 in J. Brown Bunyan (1887) i. 4 He doth frequent and keep company with Margarett Bennett.
1683 W. Penn Wks. (1782) IV. 307 Nor do their husbands frequent them till that time [their month] be expired.
a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 192 His Lordship had one friend that used to frequent him much.
1889 J. R. Lowell Latest Ess. (1892) 145 It is for other and greater virtues that I would frequent the Greeks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > affect with disease [verb (transitive)] > attack > often
frequent1632
1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 59 This disease..doth frequent children.
a. To use habitually or repeatedly; to practise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)]
usec1300
maintain1384
observec1390
custom1392
practic?a1425
practise?c1430
frequent1485
to have in wonea1500
wont1530
trade1550
to make a practice of1722
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use repeatedly
frequent1485
trade?1551
accustom1792
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. biiij/2 Charles..by ardaunt desyre frequented the bookes composed vpon the crysten fayth.
1541 Bible (Cranmer) (title page) The Byble in Englyshe..to be frequented and used in everye Churche within this his sayd realme.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xi. 226 The Great Prophet Dauid, whiche songe the Misteries of God in Meter frequented Singing.
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Epitome sig. Aj Vertue and commendable behauiour, was of them both so frequented and followed.
1609 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet ii. iv. f. 57 The oyle of the Oliue they..frequented..sparingly.
1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 55 And after that the word Baron seemeth to be frequented in this Realm in lieu and place of the word Thane.
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 43 A Play which has been frequented the most of any he has writ.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (transitive)]
workOE
servec1175
usea1250
solemnize1382
exercisea1400
observec1425
solennizec1440
officyc1443
officec1449
execute1450
solemn1483
celebratec1487
solemnizate1538
frequenta1555
to put upa1628
officiate1631
ceremony1635
liturgy1716
a1555 [see frequenting n. at Derivatives].
1565 J. Jewel tr. St. Augustine in Replie Hardinges Answeare xiiii. 507 He gaue the Image of his Passion to be frequented [L. celebrandam] in the Churche.
1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 723 The Christians did solemnelye frequent the memories of the martyrs.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 343 b God did institute in his Church two Sacramentes..If we do not frequent these in that sincerity of Religion..Let us be condemned.
1671 [see frequenting n. at Derivatives]. ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)]
busyOE
frequent?a1562
employ1578
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 144 He, dayly frequentyng hyme self abought suche busynes, & deades of honest charitie.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > adapt to circumstances > familiarize a person with a thing
frequent1588
acquaint1589
naturalize1598
familiarize1635
1588 Exhort. to H.M. faithful Subjects in Harl. Misc. II. 93 Ye encounter with them that are rich, hardy, resolute, and frequented with daily victories.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 219 [The Armenians practised certain vices] which my conscience commands me to conceale: least I frequent this Northern world with that which their nature never knew.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication [verb (intransitive)]
commonc1350
communea1393
haunt1481
frequent1577
interdeal1609
intercommune1828
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1275
company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt or resort [verb (intransitive)]
floatc1315
haunta1375
repaira1393
resort1432
abraid?a1439
accustomc1475
use1488
frequent1577
howff1808
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vi. ii. 97 An infinite multitude..frequented vnto Paulus.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 127 I frequented more often to Camilla.
1599 Sir R. Wrothe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 181 Sertaine lewde fellowes..which doe frequente and use aboute Layton heath.
1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. K5v He frequented much with Fra. Antonio da Viterbo.
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. i. vii. 123 Will she frequent in Towns, or will she resort to unhabited places?
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 128 Far from all the ways Where men frequent.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 30 Nor track nor path-way might declare That human foot frequented there.
a. To crowd or pack closely together. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together
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serry1639
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1578 [implied in: J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 81 Blacke concreted bloud..packed together with the frequented Fibres. (at frequented adj. c)].
b. To crowd, fill (a place). Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > crowd
stuff1571
throng1578
impester1601
thrust1615
throng1637
confluence1656
frequent1667
crowd1695
1594 M. Drayton Matilda sig. D2v The brim-full Cesterns of these eyes, With surging Tydes of brackist teares frequented.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1091 With tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the Air Frequenting . View more context for this quotation
c. To supply abundantly. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > abundantly
lade1481
laden1514
frequent1682
1682 N. Crouch Admirable Curiosities (1684) 82 Winchester is a City which flourished in the time of the Romans and now indifferently peopled, and frequented by water.
Derivatives
freˈquenting n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun]
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hauntc1330
hauntingc1400
resortc1425
resorting?a1439
recoursea1456
repairc1480
frequentinga1555
frequentation1585
frequentance1593
frequent1631
frequency1642
frequentage1814
a1555 N. Ridley in N. Ridley & H. Latimer Certein Conf. (1556) f. 17 The..institution of oure sauior Christe for the ofte frequenting of the remembrance of his deathe.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 138 b As touchyng Luthers frequentyng of Hyperbolicall speaches.
1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xix. 119 Here comes in the frequenting of the Sacraments.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 376 Birds, by whose frequentings he arrives to the top of his hopes.
1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) v. 163 Which may be known from ordinary snakes by certain signs, such as their frequenting huts, not eating mice [etc.].
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