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