De-frāy', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEFRAYED (de-frād'); p. pr. & vb. n. DEFRAYING.] [Fr. defrayer, from de and frais, expense, from L. Lat. fredum, fredus, fridus, fine by which an offender obtains peace from his sovereign, or atones for an offense against the public peace, from O. H. Ger. fridu, frido, frida, N. H. Ger. friede, peace.]
Sense 1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, or the like.
For the discharge of his expenses, and the defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. Usher.
Sense 2. To satisfy; to content; as, to defray anger. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sense 3. To fill; as, to defray a bottle. [Obs.] Spenser.