What is to avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser called?
defray — To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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