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}]