Fraught Definition
(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
(with with) Furnished, equipped.
(obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
Origin of Fraught
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From Middle English, from Middle Dutch vracht or Middle Low German vracht (“freight money”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession”), from Proto-Indo-European *eik'- (“to possess”). Cognate with Old High German frēht (“earnings”), Old English ǣht (“owndom”). More at for-, own.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English past participle of fraughten to load from fraght cargo freight and from Middle Dutch vrachten to load (from vracht freight aik- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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