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frained

frained is the simple past and past participle of frain.

Meaning of frain

Verb

frain (third-person singular simple present frains, present participle fraining, simple past and past participle frained)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To ask, inquire.
    • Ones yet agayne Of you I wolde frayne, Why come ye nat to court ?1522, John Skelton, Why come ye nat to Courte

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Questions about frained

What is frained the simple past and past participle of?
Frained is the simple past and past participle of frain.

Words near frained in the dictionary

  1. frailties
  2. frailty
  3. fraim
  4. fraims
  5. frain
  6. frained
  7. fraining
  8. frains
  9. Fraioli
  10. Fraiolis
  11. fraipontite

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