bestrida — meaning in English

English meaning

• absorb verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
• defray verb To provide the money needed to cover a debt or expense.
• gainsay verb To speak against something, or deny that it is true.
• impugn verb To attack or assault someone or something.

Senses

bestrida is used for these senses in English:

• absorb (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
• defray To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
• gainsay (transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.
• impugn (transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.

absorb — full definition

1. verb To soak up a liquid, gas, or other substance.
2. verb To take in and reduce the force of an impact, sound, or shock.
3. verb To fully occupy someone's attention or interest.
4. verb To take on a cost so that others don't have to pay it.

defray — full definition

1. verb To provide the money needed to cover a debt or expense.
2. verb To provide the money to pay for something.
3. verb To use money by spending it.

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