v. t. [ Pref. ad- + freight: cf. F. affréter. See Freight. ] To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. affrétement. ] The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. It. affrettare to hasten, fretta haste. ] A furious onset or attack. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Afrit. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. a- + fresh. ] Anew; again; once more; newly. [ 1913 Webster ]
They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖adv. & a. [ It. al fresco in or on the fresh. ] In the open-air. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. See Kaffir. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ See Chamfron. ]
n. [ See 3d Clove, and Gillyflower. ] Spice clove. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida. ] (Bot.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus
☞ A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the “common comfrey” (Symphytum officinale) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic “prickly comfrey” (Symphytum asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Comfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From &unr_;&unr_;ierre Armand Dufrénoy, a French geologist. ] (Min.) A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle. ] Unbridled license; unruliness. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Afrit. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To set free. [ Obs. ] “The enfreed Antenor.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To set free. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To freeze; to congeal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from the power of love. “In maiden meditation, fancy-free.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. containing no fat; -- of foods. Opposite of
‖n.;
v. t.
Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. faíhufriks avaricious. ]
She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
v. i.
freak out. [ PJC ]
freak out. [ PJC ]
v. t.
freak out. [ PJC ]
a. Freakish. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [ 1913 Webster ]
It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.
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n. marked strangeness or abnormality.
adj. markedly unusual or abnormal;
v. t. [ Cf. Freak, v. t., Freckle. ] To checker; to diversify. [ R. & Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t. ]
v. i. To become covered or marked with freckles; to be spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Marked with freckles; spotted. “The freckled trout.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being freckled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. frið peace. See Frith inclosure. ] Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names;
n. [ Obs. ] See Fridstol. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Set an unhappy prisoner free. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was free only with a few. Milward. [ 1913 Webster ]
The critics have been very free in their censures. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man may live a free life as to wine or women. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
Free of his farm. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
For me as for you? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Free agency,
Free bench (Eng. Law),
Free board (Naut.),
Free bond (Chem.),
Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law).
Free chapel (Eccles.),
Free charge (Elec.),
Free church.
Free city,
Free town
Free cost,
Free and easy,
Free goods,
Free labor,
Free port. (Com.)
Free public house,
Free school.
Free services (O.Eng. Law),
Free ships,
Free socage (O.Eng. Law),
Free States,
Free stuff (Carp.),
Free thought,
Free trade,
Free trader,
To make free with,
To sail free (Naut.),
adv.
I as free forgive you
As I would be forgiven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
This master key
Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
v. i. (psychoanalysis) to express one's thoughts, ideas, impressions, etc. in an unplanned and unstructured way, allowing each thought or idea to prompt recollection of the next one. It is a process used in psychotherapy.
n. (psychoanalysis) The act or process of free-associating. It is a technique used in psychoanalysis and is supposed to allow the analyst access to the unconscious thoughts of the analysand. See free-associate. [ PJC ]
n.