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fraisting

fraisting is the present participle and gerund of fraist.

Meaning of fraist

Verb

fraist (third-person singular simple present fraists, present participle fraisting, simple past and past participle fraisted)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal, obsolete) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
    • Þen found he no frekes to fraist on his strenght.1540, Destruction of Troy
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To learn by trial; experience.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To seek; be eager for; desire.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.

Questions about fraisting

What is fraisting the present participle and gerund of?
Fraisting is the present participle and gerund of fraist.

Words near fraisting in the dictionary

  1. fraisier
  2. fraisiers
  3. fraising
  4. fraist
  5. Fraisthorpe
  6. fraisting
  7. Fraizer
  8. Fraizers
  9. frak
  10. fraked
  11. frakel

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