tref und ment

[Eng. refund; -ment.) The act of refunding. re-für-bish, v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. furbish (q. v.).] To furbish up anew; to retouch, to reno vate. re-für-nish, *re-fur-nysh, v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. furnish (q. v.).] To furnish again; to supply or equip again. rary shelter to the destitute or homele ; a house 3. Specific .: An institution for affording tempo-- Sir T. Elyot : Govern our , bk. i., ch. xxiv. of refuge. 4. An expedient, a device, a resort, a contrivance, a shift, a subterfuge. (1) Cities of refuge : Jewish Law & Hist .: Six Levitical cities divinely appointed as places of refuge to one who had committed manslaughter, and was pursued by the "Revenger" or "Avenger" of Blood. [AVENGER, II., Three (Kedesh Naphtali, Shechem, and Hebron) were west of the Jordan, and three (Bezer "Henry the 7th reuiued the lawes, auanced justyce, refurnyshed his dominyons, and repayred his manours. re-für-nish-měnt, s . [Pref. re-; Eng. furnish; -ment .] The state of being refurnished. rě-füş-a-ble, a. [Eng. ref us (e); -able .] Capa ble of being refused; admitting of refusal. "A refusable or little thing in one's eye." - Young: Ser mons, No. 2. rě-füş-al, *re-fus-all, s. [Eng. ref us (e); -al.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything solic in Reuben, Ramoth Gilead in Gad, and Golan in ited, demanded, or offered for acceptance. the half-tribe of Mana eh) were east of that river. If the case was proved to be one of murder, the perpetrator might be taken from the City of Refuge and put to death; if it was only manslaughter, the refugee had to remain in the city to which he had fled till released by the death of the High Priest (Num. xxxv. 6-34; Josh. xx. 1-9). (2) Harbors of refuge : Harbors or ports which afford shelter to ve els in stormy weather; places of refuge for merchant ve els from the cruisers of an enemy in time of war. (3) House of refuge : An institution for affording shelter to the destitute or homele . helter to the destitute or chameleagged, or ind us trial school. ( Ann andale.) *ref'-üge, v. t. & i. [REFUGE, 8.] A. Transitive: 1. To shelter, to afford refuge to, to protect. 2. To make excuse for; to palliate. "Like silly beggars, Who, sitting in the stocks, refuge their shame." Shakesp.: Richard II., v. 5. B. In trans.: To take refuge or shelter. "The Duke de Soubise refuged hither from France."_ Sir J. Fenett: Observations on Amba adors , p. 111.