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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS
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Redound

RELATED WORD :

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
 : 
re=dound

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Redound has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Redoundv. i. [F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "The evil, soon
    Driven back, redounded as a flood on those
    From whom it sprung.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it."  [1913 Webster]
    " both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.  [1913 Webster]
    "For every dram of honey therein found,
    A pound of gall doth over it redound.
    "  [1913 Webster]
Redoundn. 
  •  The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.  [1913 Webster]
    "We give you welcome; not without redound
    Of use and glory to yourselves ye come.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Rebound; reverberation.  Codrington.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Redound, v.intr.
1 (foll. by to) (of an action etc.) make a great contribution to (one's credit or advantage etc.).
2 (foll. by upon, on) come as the final result to; come back or recoil upon.

Etymology
ME, orig. = overflow, f. OF redonder f. L redundare surge (as RE-, unda wave)

ROGET THESAURUS

Redound

Repute

VB be conscious of glory, be proud of, exult, be vain of, be distinguished, shine, shine forth, figure, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, rival, surpass, outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump, emulate, eclipse, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, overshadow, live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor, play first fiddle, bear the palm, bear the bell, lead the way, take precedence, take the wall of, gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions, take one's degree, pass one's examination, make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world, leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after, come into vogue, come to the front, raise one's head, enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies, hand one's name down to posterity, consecrate, dedicate to, devote to, enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel, confer honor on, reflect honor on, shed a luster on, redound, to one's honor, ennoble, give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to, honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify, sing praises to, lock up to, exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.

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