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frēten
v.(1)
138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily;
freten fil
, to eat (one's) fill;
freten of
, to partake of, eat of;
freten up
, to eat up, devour; (c) to…
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