frequency

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FRE'QUENCY, noun 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.]
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