† refoundv.1
Scottish. Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To reimburse, give back (a sum of money, etc.); = refund v.1 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person)
foryield971
to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175
acquitc1300
quitc1330
restore?a1400
refound1438
requite1530
regrate?c1550
repay1557
redub1558
quittance1590
to meet witha1593
to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598
meeta1625
retaliate1629
reimburse1644
compensate1804
to even up on1879
1438 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 265 I oblyse me..to pay assitht and refounde to the sayd Gilbert..a hundreth pundys.
1496 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 10 Ilkane..to refound and pay thare part thareof..to the..releving of the saide Robert of the sammyn.
1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 41 The saidis Eirle and Lord..oblissis thame..to refound and deliver the samin agane to the persone fra quhame the samin hapins to be taikin.
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 186 For warrandice to the said Archibald..and refounding to him of the pryces thairof acclamit be him.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 476 Thy money and Patents shall be refounded.
1683 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 217 Offering caution to refound the money, if the probation on the report of the Commission should go against him.
1736 Ayr. Presb. Reg. MS 29 Dec. 132 The Collection to refound the Cautioners in building the bridge at Colmonel.
b. transitive. To redress, make good (a loss, injury, etc.); = repair v.2 7.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss)
winc1220
righta1275
astorec1300
addressa1325
reform1405
dressc1410
redressa1413
arightc1420
refound1497
richa1500
redub1531
repair1533
to make good1569
reducec1592
remend1592
to set up1610
to get up1688
1497 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 78 Tharefore he war nocht herd in jugement quhil he refoundit thame thare costis and skaithis.
1522 Fife Sheriff Court Bk. 175 To refound to the said James al costis, dampnagis, & interessis sustenit be him.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 42 Cause all enormities and crymes committet..to be refoundit and randerit witht in ȝour boundis.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 82 To refound the skaythtis and iniurieis done be thame of befoir.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 214 They refoundand the uncostis maid in saiffing thairof etc.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. xii. 7. 416 He..is obliedged to refound the damnage and interest sustained by the parties læs'd.
1706 D. Hume Diary Proc. Parl. Pr. Council Scot. 175 And the D. of Athol gave in a kind of Resolve, That..the Parliament of England should refound the losses of the Africa Company.
c. transitive. To reimburse or repay (a person); = refund v.1 2b.
ΚΠ
1535 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 156 The partiis to refound the plenar.
1643 R. Baillie Let. (1841) II. 39 If..I might be refounded in my true expences.
1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 70/1 To the end the publict may refound the owners in case the friggotts may be lost.
1710 J. Dundas Summary View Feudal Law Gloss. 118 The Pursuer therefore concludes, that the Breaker shou'd refound him.
2. transitive. To blame (something) on someone; to attribute (an unwanted outcome or event) to a particular cause. With on, upon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [verb (transitive)]
accuseOE
witea1000
blamec1200
lastc1225
awreakc1275
friec1300
lack1340
impugn1377
aretc1386
default1489
remord1522
culpate1548
tax1548
finger-point1563
witen1589
attask1608
refounda1653
thank1667
bumble1675
to take to task1682
twitter1749
a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 438 They do not refound it upon God, Who is righteous in all His ways, but retort it upon themselves.
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 144 The Want whereof is to be refounded on this Court Stratagem.
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 147 The Marring of that Unity..is to be refounded upon that Intimacy [etc.].
1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose iii. 271 So all their miseries might be refounded upon Tyrants encroachments.
Derivatives
refounding n.
ΚΠ
1488 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 118/1 Anent the refounding & paying to him of the soumez of money and annuale vnderwrittin.
1521 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 205 Without refoundin of ony expensis.
1674 Processes Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court No. 199 The said compliner does..requyre refounding of the haill sowmes of money abovewrytin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
refoundv.2
/ˌriːˈfaʊnd/, /ˈriːˌfaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈˌriˈˌfaʊnd/ transitive. To found again; to re-establish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > re-establish
redressc1450
restablisha1475
restable1494
re-edify1511
refound?a1513
re-establish1550
reordain1579
replace1587
replant1588
refix1591
reinstitute1600
reimplace1611
reordinate1613
reinstate1616
restate1625
reassurea1711
re-erecta1711
re-estatea1945
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 69 The grit victour agane is rissin on hicht..our fayth is now refoundit.
1538 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 195 Quhen it sall happyn to the said Villiam Bennat to rais and refound his gavill.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 354 Goe then, nay runne, renowned Martialists, Re-Found French-Greece, in now-Natolian lists.
a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant v. ii, in Comedies (1651) sig. e6 Her service hath Preserv'd the Kingdom, and refounded Cyprus.
1703 F. Atterbury Let. 9 Feb. in Misc. Wks. (1789) I. 159 The other bill is to enable the Queen to re-found the Savoy.
1761 London & Environs Described IV. 296 This hospital was..suppressed by Henry V and re-founded by Edward IV.
1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 8 This monastery lay desolate till the year 1098, when it was refounded by Edgar King of Scotland.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxvi. 505 Cassander had re-founded it, and changed its name from Therma to Thessalonica.
1890 Mind 15 525 A daring attempt to refound from the bottom the whole theory of the quantitative relation between sensation and stimulus.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 641/2 Algeciras was perhaps the Portus Albus of the Romans, but it was probably refounded in 713 by the Moors.
1954 Amer. Hist. Rev. 59 329 The Congress took steps to strengthen the national defense against both external and internal enemies, by enlarging the army, refounding the navy, authorizing a loan [etc.].
1996 Holiday Which? Mar. 94/2 The abbey was founded in 657 by St Hilda, destroyed by the Danes and refounded by the Benedictines in the eleventh century.
Derivatives
reˈfounding n.
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a1626 F. Bacon in Three Speeches (1641) 10 In the refounding of the Kingdome in the person of William the Conqueror.., a man may truly say, that King Edward the first, was the first Law-giver.
1754 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 112 The first foundation of the church by Wilfrid, and the refounding by K. H. 8th.
1893 G. B. Malleson (title) The refounding of the German Empire.
1991 Pacific Rev. 4 243 The paradigm case of diaspora was the centuries-long dispersal of the Jewish people until the refounding of Israel in 1948.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
refoundv.3
/ˌriːˈfaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌriˈfaʊnd/ transitive. To cast (a metal object, esp. a bell) again; to recast. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > found or cast (object) > found or cast (metal or object) again
refound1600
recast1625
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah ix. 192 The artificer hauing these fragments brought together, can refound them, and renew the image in that resemblance, wherein they were before.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 60 Why..when these old Medalls were defaced..he might not refound them,..he thought no sufficient Reason could be given.
1683–90 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1920) 54 245 For..taking down the great bell..and bringing it home again after it was refunded.
1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 8 Perhaps they are all antient bells refounded.
1854 Illustr. Mag. Art 3 244/1 The great bell..was refounded, and replaced in the central tower the year following.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. ii. 366 All our Cannon..needed to be refounded.
1953 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 11 296/2 Some bells cracked and had to be refounded.
1993 Amer. Lit. 65 538 Rather than follow Bannadonna and hide the defect, the republic..re-founds the bell as though nothing..had taken place.
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