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fre⋅quent

  [adj. free-kwuhnt; v. fri-kwent, free-kwuhnt]
Use overfrequent in a Sentence
–adjective
1. happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
2. constant, habitual, or regular: a frequent guest.
3. located at short distances apart: frequent towns along the shore.
–verb (used with object)
4. to visit often; go often to; be often in: to frequent the art galleries.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: ample, profuse < L frequent- (s. of frequēns) crowded; (v.) (< MF fréquenter) < L frequentāre, deriv. of frequēns

Related forms:
fre⋅quent⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fre⋅quent⋅er, noun
fre⋅quent⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

frequent 
1531, from L. frequentem (nom. frequens) "crowded, repeated," of uncertain origin. The v. (1477) is from L. frequentare "visit regularly." Frequency (1551) came to be used 1831 in physics for "rate of recurrence," especially of a vibration. In radio electronics, frequency modulation (1922, abbreviated F.M.) as a system of broadcasting is distinguished from amplitude modulation (or A.M.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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