frequent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
    shop; buy at; patronize; patronise; sponsor; shop at.
  2. verb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
    haunt.
    • She haunts the ballet
  3. adjective coming at short intervals or habitually
    • a frequent guest
    • frequent complaints
  4. adjective satellite frequently encountered;
    • a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'

WordNet

Fre"quent adjective
Etymology
L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n.
Definitions
  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 Cæsar'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.
Fre*quent" transitive verb
Etymology
L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Frequented; present participle & verbal noun Frequenting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913