imburse UK /ɪmˈbəːs/US /ɪmˈbɚs/ verb3 •(no longer used) To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.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; […] — 1860 •(no longer used) 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. — 1877 •(no longer used) To put into a purse; to save, to store up. formsimbursed · imbursing · imburses