Middle English Dictionary Entry
frauden v.
Entry Info
Forms | frauden v. |
Etymology | L fraudāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. defrauden.
1.
To defraud, deceive, delude.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.5.4 : Lo! the hijre of ȝoure werkmen that repiden ȝoure cuntrees, that is fraudid [vr. defraudid; L fraudata] of ȝou, crieth.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.7033 : May now ouȝt helpe her frauded fantasie Of al her olde false ydolatrie?