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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Frequency \Fre"quen*cy\, n.; pl. {Frequencies}. [L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fr[82]quence. See {Frequent}.] 1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles. The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. --Fuller. 2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. |