redound
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redound
- /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/ UK, US
- /ɹəˈdaʊnd/ UK, US
Rhymes with -aʊnd
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
verb redounds · redounding · redounded
- To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […].
- To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. The honour done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.
- To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.
- To reverberate, to echo.
- To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
- To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
- To arise from or out of something.
- To roll back; to be sent or driven back. The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung.
noun redounds
- A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
Translations
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verb to result in, contribute to
| Deutsch | zu etw. führen, zu etw. beitragen |
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| Русский | приводи́ть к privodítʹ k, спосо́бствовать sposóbstvovatʹ |
verb to come back, accrue upon
| Deutsch | zurückfallen, einholen |
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title = {redound},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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