Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FRE'QUEN-CY
FRE'QUEN-CY, n.
- 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.
- A crowd; a throng. [Not used.] B. Jonson.
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