imburse

verb
/ɪmˈbəːs/UK/ɪmˈbɚs/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek βῠ́ρσᾰ (bŭ́rsă, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- + burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).

  1. derived from βῠ́ρσᾰ
  2. derived from im-
  3. derived from imbursāre
  4. derived from imbursāre

Definitions

  1. To put into a purse

    To put into a purse; to save, to store up.

  2. To give money to, to pay

    To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.

    • He had shed his blood for the Queen Isabella Segunda and her exemplary mamma, Marie Christina, on the arid plains of Catalonia; and the ungrateful Isabella had neglected to imburse him his large arrears of pay-pension and allowances; […]
  3. To pay back money that is owed

    To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to repay, to reimburse.

    • Man can use fraud, which every conscience gnaws, / Against the man who doth in him confide; / And him who not to imburse his trust sees cause.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA