frequent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   frequently encountered

   a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'

2. 2
   adj

   coming at short intervals or habitually

   a frequent guest

3. 3
   adj

   Done or occurring often; common.

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

4. 4
   adj

   Occurring at short intervals.

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

5. 5
   adj

   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.

6. 6
   adj

   Full; crowded; thronged.

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

7. 7
   adj

   Often or commonly reported.

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

8. 8
   verb

   To visit often.

   I used to frequent that restaurant.

Etymology

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