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fristed

fristed is the simple past and past participle of frist.

Meaning of frist

Verb

frist (third-person singular simple present frists, present participle fristing, simple past and past participle fristed)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment.
  2. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal) To defer; postpone.
    • Now, in the strength of Jesus, dispatch your business; that debt is not forgiven, but fristed: death hath not bidden you farewel, but hath only left you for a short season.1765, Samuel Rutherford, Joshua Redivivus, page 323

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Questions about fristed

What is fristed the simple past and past participle of?
Fristed is the simple past and past participle of frist.

Words near fristed in the dictionary

  1. frisses
  2. frisson
  3. frissons
  4. Frissung
  5. frist
  6. fristed
  7. fristing
  8. Fristoe
  9. Fristoes
  10. Friston
  11. frists

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