fresco (fresko)

t. [ A melodramatic statue of Moses receives the tables of the law from God the Father, with frescoed seraphim in the background. Howells, Venetian Life, xviii. H. W. Preston , Year in Eden, xv. frequentative (frē-kwen'tā-tiv), a . and n. [= F. fréquentatif = Sp. frecuentativo = Pg. It. fre- quentativo , frequentativus , frequentative, frequent are , do or use often: see frequent , v.] I. a. In gram ., serving to expre the repe- titi on of an action: as, dictito is a frequentative deco ratio verb. II. n. A verb which denotes the frequent oc- currence or repetition of an action, as dictito (Latin) from dicto , vāvadīti (Sanskrit) from va- dat i , waggle from wag . Abbreviated freq . IMG:content-1837.png:[blocks in formation]