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English Dictionary: fraught by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fraught
adj
  1. marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
  2. filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
    Synonym(s): fraught(p), pregnant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fraught \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE. fraight, fraght; akin to
      Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG.
      fr[emac]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to
      E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. {Freight}.]
      A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fraught \Fraught\, a.
      Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.
  
               A vessel of our country richly fraught.   --Shak.
  
               A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences
               of speech.                                             --South.
  
               Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I.
                                                                              Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fraught \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw.
      frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG.
      fr[emac]ht[omac]n to deserve. See {Fraught}, n.]
      To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]
  
               Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed
               ships.                                                   --Fairfax.
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