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Frequent

//ˈfɹiː.kwənt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Done or occurring often; common.

    "I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired."

  2. 2
    Occurring at short intervals.

    "Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]"

  3. 3
    Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.

    "[E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government."

  4. 4
    Full; crowded; thronged. obsolete

    "'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate."

  5. 5
    Often or commonly reported. obsolete

    "'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci."

Adjective
  1. 1
    frequently encountered wordnet
  2. 2
    coming at short intervals or habitually wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To visit often. transitive

    "I used to frequent that restaurant."

  2. 2
    be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place wordnet
  3. 3
    do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).

Etymology 2

From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”).

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