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rĕ-fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3, v. a., to pour back; to pour out, cause to overflow, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.: quibus (vaporibus) altae renovataeque stellae atque omnis aether refundunt eodem et rursum trahunt indidem, * Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: aequor refundit in aequor, Ov. M. 11, 488: ponto refuso, Verg. G. 2, 163: sanguinem, v. B. infra: luna glaciem refundit, melts, Plin. 2, 101, 104, § 223: imis Stagna refusa vadis, flowing back, Verg. A. 1, 126; cf.: Acheronte refuso, id. ib. 6, 107: unda refunditur, Stat. Th. 9, 465: Tiberis refusus, Tac. H. 1, 86: refusus Oceanus, i. e. flowing back into itself (the Homeric ἀψόρροος), Verg. A. 7, 225; Luc. 8, 797.
    1. B. Transf., of things not liquid: refunditur alga, is flung back, Verg. A. 7, 590: intestina, Cels. 7, 16: quam libenter tot spoliatis, tot trucidatis sanguinem et bona refudisses, i. e. hadst given back, restored, Plin. Pan. 40, 4; cf.: refudimus Nilo suas copias, id. ib. 31, 3: quod accepit, Dig. 12, 4, 5 fin.: fructus venditori, ib. 18, 2, 6: invicem impensas, ib. 19, 5, 5, § 4: huic dabis loricam, quam refundat, Val. Imp. ap. Treb. Pol. Claud. 14, 6; Veg. Mil. 1, 20.
      Poet.: refusa Conjugis in gremium, stretched out, lying at length, Luc. 8, 105: refusis in spatium immensum campis, i.e. outspread, Sil. 13, 322.
  2. II. Trop.: fletu super ora refuso, pouring forth, Ov. M. 11, 657 (dub.; al. profuso): necem in Tatiani consilia, i. e. to infuse, Spart. Hadr. 9: per cujus oboedientiam humani generis culpa deleta, refusa justitia est, checked, satisfied, Ambros. Apol. David, 17, § 81.