Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-FUND', v.t. [L. refundo; re and fundo, to pour.]

1. To pour back. Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. [Unusual or obsolete.] – Ray.
2. To repay; to return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; to restore; as, to refund money taken wrongfully; to refund money advanced with interest; to refund the amount advanced.