dē-fēnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1,
v. a., to involve in debt , Ambros. de Tobia 9.—Hence, P. a. : dēfēnĕrātus , a, um, overwhelmed by debt, exhausted by usury (post-class.): plurimis creditoribus defeneratus, Ap. Mag. p. 322, 21; Ambros. Ep. 7, 1.