transfrete
transfrete verb: to cross a channel or narrow sea.
Verb
transfrete (third-person singular simple present transfretes, present participle transfreting, simple past and past participle transfreted)
- To cross a channel or narrow sea.
- The marquesse then of Monferrato, a citye in Italy, beynge a gentleman of great prowesse and valiance, was appointed to transfrete the seas in a generall passage made by the Christians, wyth an huge armie and great furniture.c. 1567, William Painter, "The Marchionisse of Monferrato", in The Palace of Pleasure, volume 2, page 181, Joseph Haselwood, editor, 1813 edition
- a. 1597, William Hunnis, "The Complaint of Old Age", in, 1859, James Hamilton, editor, Our Christian Classics: readings from the best divines, with notes biographical and critical, volume I, James Nisbet and Co., page 135,
While foreign tongues they seek,
Their knowledge to maintain,
And fear not...
Forms of transfrete
| third-person singular present | transfretes |
|---|---|
| present participle | transfreting |
| past participle | transfreted |
| past | transfreted |
Origin of transfrete
From Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin transfreto (“cross a strait or sea”), from trans (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”).
Questions about transfrete
- What does transfrete mean?
- Transfrete means to cross a channel or narrow sea.
- What part of speech is transfrete?
- Transfrete is a verb.
- What is the past tense of transfrete?
- The past tense of transfrete is transfreted.
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