fraise
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets…To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
Meaning
2 sensesTo protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
(archaic, transitive)To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
Origin
From Middle English fraisen, from Old English frāsian (“to ask, try, tempt”), from Proto-GFrom Middle English fraisen, from Old English frāsian (“to ask, try, tempt”), from Proto-Germanic *fraisōną (“to attempt, try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try; risk, peril”). Cognate with West Frisian freezje (“to fear”), Dutch vrezen (“to fear, dread, be afraid”), German freisen (“to put at risk, endanger, terrify”).
Borrowed from French fraise (“ruff”), fraiser; compare French friser (“curl”), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.
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Forms
fraises, fraising, fraised, fraisedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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