Emburse

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of imburse. alt-of, obsolete

    "Our Club cannot prosper unless we emburse / The Treasurer's wallet,—nay, quite the reverse, / From bad we shall only be getting to worse, / For the bowstring is strung by unstringing the purse; […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
reimburse

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"Our Club cannot prosper unless we emburse / The Treasurer's wallet,—nay, quite the reverse, / From bad we shall only be getting to worse, / For the bowstring is strung by unstringing the purse; […]"

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