Refund
(Re*fund") 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.
Refund
(Re*fund") 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.]
Refunder
(Re*fund"er) n. One who refunds.
Refundment
(Re*fund"ment) n. The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded. [R.] Lamb.
Refurbish
(Re*fur"bish) v. t. To furbish anew.
Refurnish
(Re*fur"nish) v. t. To furnish again.
Refurnishment
(Re*fur"nish*ment) n. The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.
The refurnishment was in a style richer than before.
L. Wallace. Refusable
(Re*fus"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. refusable. See Refuse.] Capable of being refused; admitting of
refusal.
Refusal
(Re*fus"al) n.
1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal, to distress me more?
Milton. 2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the
refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
Refuse
(Re*fuse") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refused (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refusing.] [F. refuser, either
from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see
Refund to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. Accuse, Ruse), influenced by L. refutare to
drive back, repel, refute. Cf. Refute.]
1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
That never yet refused your hest.
Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back out of the regular aligment when troops ar about to
engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use.
Herbert.
