| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To pay or disburse.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To settle or redeem. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To return, regurgitate or render. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To repay, reimburse, reciprocate, retaliate or redeliver.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb defray.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (defray) | 1. Bear the expenses of.[Wordnet]. 2. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.[Websters]. 3. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: defraying, defrayed, defrays, defrayer, defrayers, defrayingly and defrayedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DEFRAYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1647. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEFRAYING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Paying; discharging.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of defray. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
