Redound

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
Verb
  1. 1
    To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). intransitive, obsolete

    "For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […]."

  2. 2
    have an effect for good or ill wordnet
  3. 3
    To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. intransitive

    "The honour done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it."

  4. 4
    contribute wordnet
  5. 5
    To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. intransitive

    "I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country."

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  1. 6
    return or recoil wordnet
  2. 7
    To reverberate, to echo. intransitive
  3. 8
    To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. transitive
  4. 9
    To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). intransitive

    "His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught."

  5. 10
    To arise from or out of something. intransitive
  6. 11
    To roll back; to be sent or driven back. intransitive, usually

    "The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung."

Example

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"For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […]."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).

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