| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·fray |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -fr  |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays
To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, de- + *frai, expense (from Latin frctum, from neuter past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | de·fraya·ble —ADJECTIVE
de·frayal —NOUN
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