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Webster 1913 Edition
Frequency
Fre′quen-cy
,Noun.
pl.
Frequencies
(#)
. 1.
The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence;
as, the
frequency
of crimes; the frequency
of miracles.The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the
frequencies
of ladies’ visits. Fuller.
2.
A crowd; a throng.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frequency
FRE'QUENCY
, n.1.
A return or occurrence of a thing often repeated at short intervals. The frequency of crimes abates our horror at the commission; the frequency of capital punishments tends to destroy their proper effect.2.
A crowd; a throng. [Not used.]