† reˈburse,v.Obs. [f. re- + -burse, as in disburse, imburse.] trans. To reimburse (a person). (In B. Jonson Tale Tub iii. i., prob. intended as an error for de- or disburse.) 1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 508/2 And [the strangers] alsua salbe rebursit and payit of þair expense and passage.