frequented, ppl. a.
(frɪˈkwɛntɛd)
[f. frequent v. + -ed1.]
† a. Crowded (obs.). † b. Commonly practised or used (obs.). c. Of a place: Often resorted to.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man v. 81 Blacke concreted bloud..packed together with the frequented Fibres. 1586 W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 56 The most vsuall and frequented kind of our English Poetry. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 36 Patales (a most famous and frequented port). 1655 Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 1 He invited him into a less frequented walk. 1666 J. Sergeant Lett. Thanks 80 Naturall knowledges imprinted by frequented Sensations. a 1677 Barrow Serm. (1686) III. 399 The goodness of God is a frequented theme. 1773 Observ. State Poor 34 Ghastly countenances..haunting our most frequented avenues. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola i. xx, It was the least frequented of the bridges. 1875 Bedford Sailor's Pocket-bk. iv. (ed. 2) 118 In the frequented parts of the North Atlantic. |