With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own
fraternity!
South.
Fra`ter*ni*za"tion (? or ?), n. The act of fraternizing or uniting as
brothers.
I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the
hearts of Englishmen.
Burke.
Fra"ter*nize (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fraternized (#); p. pr.
& vb. n.. Fraternizing (#).] [Cf. F. fraterniser.] To associate or hold
fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to
have brotherly feelings.
Fra"ter*nize, v. t. To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.
Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations.
Burke.
Frat"er*ni`zer (?; 277), n. One who fraternizes. Burke.
Fra"ter*y (? or ?), n. [L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a
brotherhood of monks. See Friar.] A frater house. See under Frater.
Fra"trage (? or ?; 48), n. [L. frater a brother.] (Law) A sharing among
brothers, or brothers' kin. [Obs.] Crabb.
||Fra`tri*cel"li (?), n. pl. [It. fraticelli, lit., little brothers,
||dim. fr. frate brother, L. frater.] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) The name which
||St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th
||century. (b) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly
||in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate,
||maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing
||oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli.
Frat"ri*ci`dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of
fratricide.
Frat"ri*cide (?), n. [L. fratricidium a brother's murder, fr.
fratricida a brother's murderer; frater, fratris, brother + caedere to
kill: cf. F. fratricide.] 1. The act of one who murders or kills his
own brother.
2. [L. fratricida: cf. F. fratricide.] One who murders or kills his own
brother.
Fraud (frd), n. [F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis; prob. akin to Skr. dhrv
to injure, dhv to cause to fall, and E. dull.] 1. Deception
deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair
advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is
injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
If success a lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force
attained his ends.
Pope.
2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of
obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.