Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Refund
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.
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.]