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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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