English Explanatory Dictionary

fraist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
  2. To learn by trial; experience.
  3. To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
  4. To seek; be eager for; desire.
  5. To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.

Word forms

fraist fraists fraisting fraisted

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.

Related words

fraise
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