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Transfrete

Transfrete \Trans*frete"\, v. i. [L. transfretare; trans across, over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter.] To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight.] [Obs.]
--E. Hall.

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transfrete

vb. (context dated early modern English English) To cross a channel or narrow se