FREQUENT

a. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." Byron.

2.
a.

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.
a.

Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.] 'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson.

4.
a.

Often or commonly reported. [Obs.] 'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. Massinger.

5.
v.

To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden.

6.
v.

To make full; to fill. [Obs.] With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.

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