defray
verb (used with object)
to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.).
was defraying
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past progressiveof defray.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He, therefore, confidentially informed Lucius that the girl's grandmother in Oldchester was defraying her expenses, and would, no doubt, eventually provide for her altogether.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
To further insure this trifling piece of self-aggrandizement she was defraying the whole of the expenses for the demolishment of the aged landmark of the valley.
From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum
The intimation is that, in the course of this and similar adventures, McAllister was defraying his own expenses and those of his Californian companion.
From Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice
