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redound

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redound  \Re*dound"\  (r?*dound"),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Redounded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Redounding}.]  [F.  redonder  L. 
  redundare  pref.  red-,  re-,  re-  +  undare  to  rise  in  waves  or 
  surges,  fr  unda  a  wave.  See  {Undulate},  and  cf 
  {Redundant}.] 
  1.  To  roll  back  as  a  wave  or  flood;  to  be  sent  or  driven 
  back  to  flow  back  as  a  consequence  or  effect;  to 
  conduce;  to  contribute;  to  result. 
 
  The  evil,  soon  Driven  back  redounded  as  a  flood  on 
  those  From  whom  it  sprung.  --Milton. 
 
  The  honor  done  to  our  religion  ultimately  redounds 
  to  God,  the  author  of  it  --Rogers. 
 
  both  .  .  .  will  devour  great  quantities  of  paper, 
  there  will  no  small  use  redound  from  them  to  that 
  manufacture.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  To  be  in  excess;  to  remain  over  and  above;  to  be 
  redundant;  to  overflow. 
 
  For  every  dram  of  honey  therein  found  A  pound  of 
  gall  doth  over  it  redound.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redound  \Re*dound"\,  n. 
  1.  The  coming  back  as  of  consequence  or  effect;  result; 
  return;  requital. 
 
  We  give  you  welcome;  not  without  redound  Of  use  and 
  glory  to  yourselves  ye  come  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  Rebound;  reverberation.  [R.]  --Codrington. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  redound 
  v  1:  be  excessive  in  quantity 
  2:  be  deflected;  "His  actions  redound  on  his  parents" 
  3:  be  added;  "Everything  he  does  redounds  to  himself" 
  4:  have  an  affect  for  good  or  ill:  "Her  efforts  will  redound  to 
  the  general  good"




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