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Webster 1913 Edition


Refund

Re-fund′

(r?-f?nd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
re-
+
fund
.]
To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund;
as, to
refund
a railroad loan
.

Re-fund′

(r?-f?nd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
refundere
; pref.
re-
re- +
fundere
to pour: cf. F.
refondre
,
refonder
. See
Fuse
to melt, and cf.
Refound
to cast again, 1st
Refuse
.]
1.
To pour back.
[R. & Obs.]
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would
refund
that color upon the object.
Ray.
2.
To give back; to repay; to restore.
A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to
refund
what he had wrongfully taken.
L’Estrange.
3.
To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Refund

REFUND'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. refundo; re and fundo, to pour.]
1.
To pour back.
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. [Unusual or obsolete.]
2.
To repay; to return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; to restore; as, to refund money taken wrongfully; to refund money advanced with interest; to refund the amount advanced.