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frains

frains is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 frains

What is frains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Frains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of frain.

Words near frains in the dictionary

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

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