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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 loanRe-fund′
(r?-f?nd′)
, Verb.
T.
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.
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.