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fraist.

To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).

    UK · ambitransitive · dialectal · obsolete
  2. To learn by trial; experience.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete · transitive
  3. To seek to learn; ask; inquire.

    obsolete · transitive
  4. To seek; be eager for; desire.

    obsolete · transitive
  5. To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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