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Refound, -fond(e, Refund, v.¹ Also: ra- and -founde, -fownd, -fount; funde, fwnd. P.p. also refowundit. [ME (1386) and late ME (a 1450) refunde(n to pour back, give back; 17th c. Eng. also refund to make repayment (1655), OF refunder, -fonder, L. refundere f. fundere to pour.-o(u)-, -ow- forms only Sc.]

1. tr. To pay back, refund or restore (an amount of money, goods, etc. due) (to, till a person, corporation or cause); to render (bak, also in) (agane). Also fig.(1) 1438 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 265.
I oblyse me … to pay assitht and refounde to the sayd Gilbert … a hundreth pundys 1466 Charter (reg. H.) No. 395.
I … byndis & oblis me … to refound and agane pay ȝeirly & termely … sike like sowmys & profyttys [etc.] 1478 Prestwick B. Rec. 28.
That Jok Smythis airis … refound to the towne the common pynt & the common forlot 1498 Acta Conc. II 147.
Til refound and pay til … Patrik sex dussane of keling, thre dussane of capons [etc.] 1519 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 193.
That the samyn sall be refoundit to him agane be the toun of merchantis 1531 Treas. Acc. V 446.
Certane botemen to refound to the thesaurar money tane for the wage of thare botis 1552–3 Edinb. B. Rec. II 178.
Haldin to refound … alsmekill of his awne propir gudis and geir to the commoun gude agane 1565 Inverness Rec. I 125.
To refound content and pay to … Ellyne Neyn Ewin vij hespis yarne 1569 Ib. 178.
Souerte … for … his son to refound … to Johne Reid … the sowme of sex firlottis victuall 1570 Canongate Ct. Bk. 173.
Decernit be decreit of court to refound … to … Maister Johne the haill profettis of the foirsaidis landis 1570 Bk. Mackay 403.
Refount 1574 Conv. Burghs I 31.
The commissionaris … oblissis thame to refound and pay the superplus to the said toun 1580 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 188.
The syluer … sall be refoundet and bak payet agane to the said Androw 1587 Reg. Privy C. IV 192. 1678 Melville Chart. 180.(b) 1409 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 74.
To refonde restore & agayn gif a hvndir ponde of vsuale mone of Scotland to … Sir William 1511 Reg. Privy S. I 347/1.
Refond 1531 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 352.(c) 1481 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 462.
To pay content and refunde til ws … the soume of fourty pundis 1500 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 633.
Refund 1520 Argyll Fam. Lett. 1.
I sall refwnd … to … Hew … the said soume … but fraud or gyil 1531–2 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 119. 1553 Reg. Privy C. I 146.
To refund, content, and pay to ane honorable man … the sowme of v^c lib. 1551–6 Old Dundee II 361.
Decernit to refund and get again ane cloke … and ane black mare … to Thomas Falconer 1567–9 Old Ross-shire I 17.
I … oblisis me … to refund and pay the said Alexr. xl merks(d) 1634 Kirkcaldy Presb. 74.
That his disbursements and expense … may be refowundit to him or his successors(2) 1496 Acta Conc. II 10.
Ilkane … to refound and pay thare part thareof … to the … releving of the saide Robert of the sammyn 1649 Acts VI ii 518/1.
If it be fund that ther be double mantinance imposed … that the collectour refound the samyne 1683 Fountainhall Decis. I 217.
Offering caution to refound the money, if the probation on the report of the Commission should go against him(b) 1491 Misc. Spald. C. V 31.
The … communite … grantit to pay and refunde sa mekile of the kingis taxt as the saide lorde borrouit fra the balȝeis … for his … thankis done … to thaim(3) 1498 Acta Conc. II 162.
The sade Archbald sall refound agane to Jhone … the proffit of the sade mariage 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI 521.
Or refoundand agane als mekle als gude gold with the fessoning thairof 1628 Aberd. Council Lett. I 297.
Money … whilk wes promeist to have beine refoundit bak againe 1674 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 24 Oct.
£9. 14 s. quhilk he is bownd to refound back to me quhich was by him wrongouslie takin wp in name of teynd — 1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 148.
That scho sall refound the samin in againe to us(4) fig. c1590 J. Stewart 224 §97.
The peuple … sall refound To him thair seruice

b. To pay (a sum) in reparation for a failure or fault. 1579 Inverness Rec. I 268.
In case he stanche hir nocht … and gif scho be hard in tyme cuming, he sall refond content and pay to the Brig wark … ten lib. 1581 Prot. Bk. J. Robertsone MS 15b.
William Jak … oblegat him … to refond … fourty schillingis … for ilk tyme that he beis fundin playand at cartis or dys

2. To make good, repair or redress (injury, loss, expenses, etc.) by compensation (to the person affected). Also fig.(a) 1497 Acta Conc. II 78.
Tharefore he war nocht herd in jugement quhil he refoundit thame thare costis and skaithis 1500 Ib. 469.
That tharefore he suld refound his costis, skaithis and expensis [and have a new citation] c1500 Justiciary Rec. (Reg. H.) 154.
[To] caus all enormiteis and crymis comittit in tymes bygane to be refoundit and remeidit within ȝour boundis 1522 Fife Sheriff Ct. 175.
To refound to the said James al costis, dampnagis, & interessis sustenit be him 1542 Fraser P. 182.
To refownd & pay … the dampneg & skayth a1578 Pitsc. I 82/25.
To refound the skaythtis and iniurieis done be thame of befoir 1622-6 Bisset II 214/2.
They refoundand the uncostis maid in saiffing thairof etc. 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii xii 7 (1678) 416.
He … is obliedged to refound the damnage and interest sustained by the parties læs'd(b) 1475–6 Ayr B. Ct. 12 Feb.
Mechel Mason is oblist til rafonde costis & skathis that the said Thomas costis apon the said place [etc.](c) 1531 Reg. Dunferm. 362.
Refundand to the said abbot … all scaith that happinnis throw brekin of the said … landis 1604 Urie Baron Ct. 10.
Skaith … sustennit … throw his slouth and negligence may be refunddit vnto thamefig. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 286 (Asl.).
That set men wald thair losit lyf refound … It will nocht be bot gif grace mar habound Ib. 703. a1585 Maitl. Q. 113/33.
Let ȝour fulnes my faultis refound

b. In passive, with the injury, etc. as subject. a1578 Pitsc. I 42/14.
Cause all enormities and crymes … to be refoundit and randerit witht in ȝour boundis 1622-6 Bisset II 223/21.
Quhat dommage oure freindis or alyance gettis suld be refounded be the admirall

c. tr. and intr. Also in the phr. to refound (to) a person of or in his expenses, etc. 1576 Reg. Privy S. VII 105/2.
To refound … to the said Allane of ane certane sowme of money 1583 James VI in Cal. Sc. P. VI 356.
[That the poor men] damnifeit [may be] refoundit [of their losses] 1679 Laing MSS I 419.
Extreamlie prejudiciall to ane toune … not to be refoundit of the forsaid charges and expenses 1689 Acts XII 72/2.
They being refounded of thair expences — 1643 Baillie II 39.
If … I might be refounded in my true expences(b) 1480 Acta Conc. I 53/2.
Vnto the tyme he be new summond and refundit of his expensis

3. tr. To reimburse, compensate (a person). 1535 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 156.
And the partiis to refound the plenar 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii xxviii 3 (1678) 549.
The obtainer of the remission, must find caution to refound the party injured 1689 Acts XII 70/1.
To the end the publict may refound the owners in case the friggotts may be lost

4. Only Sc.: To blame (something) (up)on (a person or thing); to impute to. 1653 Binning Wks. 438.
They do not refound it upon God … but retort it upon themselves c1680 McWard Contendings 144.
The want whereof is to be refounded on this court stratagem Ib. 147. 1687 Shields Hind Let Loose 314.
So all their miseries might be refounded upon tyrants encroachments