adv. [ Pref. a- + burst. ] In a bursting condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bursæ [ L. See Burse. ] (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See Burse, and cf. Purser. ] 1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a bursar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ LL. bursaria. See Bursar. ] 1. The treasury of a college or monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. “No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Burschen [ G., ultimately fr. LL. bursa. See Burse. ] A youth; especially, a student in a german university. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -schaften /plu>. [ G. ] In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. -- Bur"schen*schaft`ler Bur"schen*schaf`ter n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse, and cf. Bursch, Purse. ] 1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A kind of bazaar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.
Syn. -- family Burseraceae, torchwood family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Burse. ] (Bot.) Bursiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. bursa purse + -form. ] Shaped like a purse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of a bursa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Burst; p. pr. & vb. n. Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete. ] [ OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. Brast, Break. ] 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the egg that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A resolved villain
Whose bowels suddenly burst out. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. [ 1913 Webster ]

My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bursting charge. See under Charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [ R. ] “A fine burst of country.” Jane Austen. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A rupture or hernia; a breach. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Burst, v. i. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that bursts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sudden copious rainfall, as if the whole cloud had been precipitated at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Pref. de + L. bursa purse. ] To disburse. [ Obs. ] Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbursed p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing. ] [ OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse. ] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déboursement. ] 1. The act of disbursing or paying out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disburses money. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Imburse. ] To furnish with money; to imburse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. im- in + burse: cf. F. embourser to put into one's purse. See Burse, and Purse. ] To supply or stock with money. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money laid up in stock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bursting in or into. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bursting forth; as, an outburst of laughter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. remboursable. ] Capable of being repaid; repayable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reimbursed p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing. ] [ Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser. ] 1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rembursement. ] The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reimburses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A burst of sunlight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A burst of thunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter. [ 1913 Webster ]