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Definition redound

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin r?dund?, from r? + und? (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).

Verb

redound (third-person singular simple present redounds, present participle redounding, simple past and past participle redounded)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th-19th c.]
2. (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. [from 15th c.]
4. (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo. [from 15th c.]
5. (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. [from 15th c.]
6. (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]
7. (intransitive) To arise from or out of something. [from 16th c.]
8. (intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

Noun

redound (plural redounds)

1. A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.

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