Definition of "frequence"
frequence
noun
countable and uncountable, plural frequences
(obsolete) Frequency; abundance.
Quotations
Raritie and difficultie are wont to cauſe wonder; There are many things which haue wonder in their worth, and leeſe it in their frequence; there are ſome which haue it in their ſtrangeneſſe, and leeſe it in their facilitie; Both meet in this.
1622, Ios. Hall [i.e., Joseph Hall], “[Contemplations vpon the Principall Histories of the Nevv Testament. The Third Booke.] The Dumbe Deuill Eiected.”, in Contemplations [vpon the Principal Passages of the Holy Story], […], volume VI, London: […] I[ohn] H[aviland] for Nathaniel Butter, pages 338–339
The storm-center gathered slowly around the peaks; low rumble and bowl of thunder increased in frequence; slowly the light shaded as smoky clouds rolled up; the air grew sultrier, and the exasperating breeze puffed a few times and then failed.
1914 January, Zane Grey, “The Mountain Trail”, in The Light of Western Stars: A Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, page 225