Re*fund" (r?*f?nd"), v. 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.
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Re*fund" (r?*f?nd"), v. 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.]
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