01 v. t. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
imp. & p. p.
Defrayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Defraying
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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.
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2.
To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.[Obs.]