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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fraught \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE. fraight, fraght; akin to
   Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG.
   fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to
   E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. {Freight}.]
   A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak.

Fraught \Fraught\, a.
   Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.

         A vessel of our country richly fraught.  --Shak.

         A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences
         of speech.                               --South.

         Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I.
                                                  Taylor.

Fraught \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw.
   frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to
   deserve. See {Fraught}, n.]
   To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]

         Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed
         ships.                                   --Fairfax.

Fraught \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw.
   frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to
   deserve. See {Fraught}, n.]
   To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]

         Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed
         ships.                                   --Fairfax.

Source : WordNet®

fraught
     adj 1: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
     2: filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning";
        "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant
        with suspense" [syn: {fraught(p)}, {pregnant}]
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