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defraying |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defray \De*fray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrayed}; p. pr & vb n. {Defraying}.] [F. d['e]frayer; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr LL fredum, fridum expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See {Affray}.] 1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of to provide for as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much --Usher. 2. To avert or appease, as by paying off to satisfy; as to defray wrath. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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