Frequent

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: fre=quent

CIDE DICTIONARY

Frequent, a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n.].

•  Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.  Byron.  [1913 Webster]
•  Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.  [1913 Webster]

  "He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government."  [1913 Webster]
•  Full; crowded; thronged.  [1913 Webster]

  "'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate."  [1913 Webster]
•  Often or commonly reported.  [1913 Webster]

  "'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued
  The Catti and the Daci."  [1913 Webster]

Frequent, v. t. [L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent, a.].

•  To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to frequent a tavern.  [1913 Webster]

  "He frequented the court of Augustus."  [1913 Webster]
•  To make full; to fill.  [1913 Webster]

  "With their sighs the air
  Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Frequent, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 occurring often or in close succession.
2 habitual, constant (a frequent caller).
3 found near together; numerous, abundant.
4 (of the pulse) rapid.
--v.tr. attend or go to habitually.

Derivative

frequentation n. frequenter n. frequently adv.

Etymology

F fr{eacute}quent or L frequens -entis crowded

THESAURUS

Frequent

affect, attend, automatic, beaten, common, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, countless, customary, cyclical, ever-recurring, everyday, familiar, frequentative, habitual, hackneyed, hang around, hang out, hang out at, haunt, haunting, incessant, infest, innumerable, iterative, many, many times, normal, not rare, numerous, of common occurrence, oft-repeated, oftentime, ordinary, overrun, patronize, periodic, persistent, prevalent, reappearing, recurrent, recurring, regular, reiterative, repeated, repetitive, resort, resort to, returning, revenant, routine, stereotyped, thematic, thick-coming, trite, ubiquitous, usual, visit, well-trodden, well-worn

ROGET THESAURUS

Frequent

Habit

N habit, habitude, assuetude, assuefaction, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack, habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained, habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently, cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, How use doth breed a habit in a man!, magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus.

Repetition

N repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run, battology, tautology, monotony, tautophony, rhythm, diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy, chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain, rehearsal, rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation, cuckoo, reverberation, drumming, renewal, twice-told tale, old story, old song, second edition, new edition, reappearance, reproduction, recursion, periodicity, repeated, repetitional, repetitionary, recurrent, recurring, ever recurring, thick coming, frequent, incessant, redundant, pleonastic, monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive, unvaried, mocking, chiming, retold, aforesaid, aforenamed, above-mentioned, above-said, habitual, another, repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more, ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis, da capo, again and again, over and over, over and over again, recursively, many times over, time and again, time after time, year after year, day by day, many times, several times, a number of times, many a time, full many a time, frequently, ecce iterum Crispinus, toujours perdrix, cut and come again, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, cantilenam eandem canis, nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.

Frequency

N frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness, repetition, normality, example (conformity), routine, custom (habit), regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision, punctuality, even tenor, system, routine, formula, rule, keynote, standard, model, precedent, conformity, frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick, uniform, repeated, customary, (habit), regular (normal), according to rule, common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar, old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial, often, oft, ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, repeatedly, unseldom, not unfrequently, in quick succession, in rapid succession, many a time and oft, daily, hourly, every day, every hour, every moment, perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit), most often, commonly, sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.

Presence

VB exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn.