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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redouble  \Re*dou"ble\  (r?*d?b"'l),  v.  t.  [Pref.  re-  +  double: 
  cf  F.  redoubler.  Cf  {Reduplicate}.] 
  To  double  again  or  repeatedly;  to  increase  by  continued  or 
  repeated  additions;  to  augment  greatly;  to  multiply. 
 
  So  they  Doubly  redoubled  strokes  upon  the  foe.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redouble  \Re*dou"ble\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  greatly  or  repeatedly  increased;  to  be  multiplied; 
  to  be  greatly  augmented;  as  the  noise  redoubles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  redouble 
  v  1:  double  in  magnitude,  extent,  or  intensity;  "The  enemy 
  redoubled  their  screaming  on  the  radio" 
  2:  double  again:  "The  noise  doubled  and  redoubled" 
  3:  make  twice  as  great  or  intense;  "The  screaming  redoubled" 




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