GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Redound (r?‑doundˈ), 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.

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    The evil, soon

    Driven back, redounded as a flood on those

    From whom it sprung. Milton.

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    The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. Rogers.

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    both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. Addison.

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    2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.

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    For every dram of honey therein found,

    A pound of gall doth over it redound. Spenser.

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    Redound, n.
    1. The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.

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    We give you welcome; not without redound

    Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. Tennyson.

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    2. Rebound; reverberation. [R.] Codrington.

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