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Word Meanings - OFTEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Frequently; many times; not seldom.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OFTEN)
Related words: (words related to OFTEN)
- REPEATEDLY
More than once; again and again; indefinitely. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - OFTENNESS
Frequency. Hooker. - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - OFTEN
Frequently; many times; not seldom. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - OFTENSITH
Frequently; often. For whom I sighed have so oftensith. Gascoigne. - OFTENTIMES
Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth. - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - FREQUENTLY
At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly. - OFTENTIDE
Frequently; often. Robert of Brunne. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - UNOFTEN
Not often. - INFREQUENTLY
Not frequently; rarely. - SOFTENING
from Soften, v. Softening of the brain, or Cerebral softening , a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, - SOFTEN
To make soft or more soft. Specifically: -- To render less hard; -- said of matter. Their arrow's point they soften in the flame. Gay. To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the severe. Rambler.