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Frank   /fræŋk/   Listen
adjective
frank  adj.  (compar. franker; superl. frankest)  
1.
Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. (R.) "It is of frank gift."
2.
Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
3.
Liberal; generous; profuse. (Obs.) "Frank of civilities that cost them nothing."
4.
Unrestrained; loose; licentious; used in a bad sense.
Synonyms: Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved; undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.



verb
Frank  v. t.  To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. (Obs.)



frank  v. t.  (past & past part. franked; pres. part. franking)  
1.
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
2.
To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.



noun
Frank  n.  A pigsty. (Obs.)



Frank  n.  (Zool.) The common heron; so called from its note. (Prov. Eng.)



Frank  n.  The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to go free of postage. Called also the franking privilege. "I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again."



Frank  n.  
1.
(Ethnol.) A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
2.
A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; a term used in the Levant.
3.
A French coin. See Franc.






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"Frank" Quotes from Famous Books



... tell his story as unto his very mother; and what there was in the house, both of carle and of quean, gathered round about to hearken, and Christopher nothing loth. And Goldilind's heart warmed toward that folk, and in sooth they were a goodly people to look on, and frank and happy, and of good will, and could well of courtesy, though it were not of ...
— Child Christopher • William Morris

... what must be the effect of such a letter, coming at such a moment!—I believe I was in no danger; though, if there be a man on the face of the earth more dangerous than any other, it is surely Clifton. But the watchful spirit of Frank seems placed like my guardian angel, to protect me from all ...
— Anna St. Ives • Thomas Holcroft

... had another true helper in his wife, who assisted him with her pen, prepared and mended his fossils, and furnished many of the drawings and illustrations of his published works. "Notwithstanding her devotion to her husband's pursuits," says her son, Frank Buckland, in the preface to one of his father's works, "she did not neglect the education of her children, but occupied her mornings in superintending their instruction in sound and useful knowledge. The sterling value of ...
— Character • Samuel Smiles

... more bullets," was the frank answer; and on examination of his powder pouch, we found such to be ...
— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes

... with each other, plight their mutual troth, and exchange love-tokens at the "Mermaid's Fountain." While Edgar is absent in France on State affairs, Sir William Ashton, being deprived of his office as lord keeper, is induced to promise his daughter Lucy in marriage to Frank Hayston, laird of Bucklaw, and they are married; but next morning, Bucklaw is found wounded and the bride hidden in the chimney-corner insane. Lucy dies in convulsions, but Bucklaw recovers and goes abroad. Edgar is lost in the quick-sands at Kelpies Flow, in accordance with an ancient ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook • The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.


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