refund (1)

t. [Lat. refundo to pour back, to restore; re-, back, and fun do to pour; French refondre.] *1. To pour back. "Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object."-Ray: On the Creation, pt. ii. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; A flat refusal on his part."- Bolingbroke : Di ertation on Parties, let. 7. 2. The right of taking anything before others; preemption; choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to have the refusal of a house. II. Hydr. Eng.: The resistance to farther driving offered by a pile. rě-fuse (1), v . t . & i. [French refuser , a word of doubtful origin; prob. from a Low Latin refuso , a frequent. from Lat. refusus , pa. par. of refundo = to pour out, to refund (q. v.); Port. refusar; Sp. re IMG:content-0365.png:[blocks in formation]