"fraist" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fraists [present, singular, third-person], fraisting [participle, present], fraisted [participle, past], fraisted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fraisten}} Middle English fraisten, {{der|en|non|freista||to try, tempt, make trial of}} Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fraistōną||to try}} Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*per-||to try, risk}} Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”), {{cog|is|freista||to tempt}} Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), {{cog|sv|fresta||to try, tempt, tantalise}} Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), {{cog|da|friste||to try, tempt}} Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), {{cog|ang|frāsian||to ask, inquire, tempt, try}} Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fraist (third-person singular simple present fraists, present participle fraisting, simple past and past participle fraisted)
  1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of). Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fraist-en-verb-kiD-rung Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 9 6 6 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 7 6 6 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 5 4 4 49
  2. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To learn by trial; experience. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fraist-en-verb-bp-1bcXq Categories (other): British English
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To seek to learn; ask; inquire. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fraist-en-verb-ghgKFlh~
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; be eager for; desire. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fraist-en-verb-ysOd394x
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fraist-en-verb-8k9QIyVY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 9 6 6 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 7 6 6 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 5 4 4 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fraise

Inflected forms

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