frover

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verb

To comfort; solace.

OriginMiddle English frovre ← Old English frōfor ← Proto-West Germanic *frōbru →
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Meanings

verbfrover (third-person singular simple present frovers, present participle frovering, simple past and past participle frovered)

present singular third person frovers · participle present frovering · participle past frovered · past frovered

  1. dialectalTo comfort; solace.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*frōbru“solace”
  3. Old Englishfrōfor“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”
  4. Middle Englishfrovre
  5. Englishfrover

From Middle English frovre, frofre (“comfort”), from Old English frōfor (“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbru (“solace”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon frōvra, frōfra (“consolation, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobara (“consolation, comfort, help, assistance”).

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APA

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“frover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frover.

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