Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To try; test; prove; put to the proof.
- To learn by trial; experience.
- To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
- To seek; be eager for; desire.
- To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.
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- verb transitive, intransitive To
try ;test ;prove ; put to the proof; make trial (of). - verb transitive To learn by trial;
experience . - verb transitive, obsolete To seek to learn;
ask ;inquire . - verb transitive, obsolete To
seek ; be eager for;desire . - verb intransitive, obsolete To go forth on an expedition;
sally forth. - noun obsolete A
test ; test of strength or will power; an attack
Etymologies
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From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista ("to try, tempt, make trial of"), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōnan (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista ("to tempt"), Swedish fresta ("to try, tempt, tantalise"), Danish friste ("to try, tempt"), Old English frāsian ("to ask, inquire, tempt, try"). More at fraise.
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