Part 2870

<h1>Defrauder</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fraud"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.</def>

<h1>Defraudment</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fraud"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>defraudement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Privation by fraud; defrauding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Defray</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defrayed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defraying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82frayer</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>de</ets> or <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>frais</ets> expense, fr. LL. <ets>fredum</ets>, <ets>fridum</ets>, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. <ets>fridu</ets> peace, G. <ets>friede</ets>. See <er>Affray</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.</def>

<blockquote>For the discharge of his expenses, and <b>defraying</b> his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. <i>Usher.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; <as>as, to <ex>defray</ex> wrath</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Defrayal</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fray"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of defraying; payment; <as>as, the <ex>defrayal</ex> of necessary costs</as>.</def>

<h1>Defrayer</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fray"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who pays off expenses.</def>

<h1>Defrayment</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*fray"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Payment of charges.</def>

<h1>Deft</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>daft</ets>, <ets>deft</ets>, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid (cf. OE. <ets>daffe</ets>, <ets>deffe</ets>, fool, coward), AS. <ets>d\'91ft</ets> (in derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to <ets>dafen</ets>, <ets>gedafen</ets>, becoming, fit, Goth. <ets>gadaban</ets> to be fit. Cf. <er>Daft</er>, <er>Daff</er>, <er>Dapper</er>.]</ety> <def>Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. <mark>[Archaic or Poetic]</mark> "The <i>deftest</i> way." <i>Shak</i>.</def> "<i>Deftest</i> feats."

<i>Gay.</i>

<blockquote>The limping god, do <b>deft</b> at his new ministry. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let me be <b>deft</b> and debonair. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deftly</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deft"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Defly</er>.]</ety> <def>Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly.</def> "<i>Deftly</i> dancing."

<i>Drayton.</i>

<blockquote>Thyself and office <b>deftly</b> show. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deftness</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deft"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being deft.</def>