Fre"quent (?), a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr'equent. 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 Caesar'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.
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Fre*quent" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n. Frequenting.] [L. frequentare: cf. F. fr'equenter. 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.
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