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Definition of Redound

Redound
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.
Redound
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.

Meaning of Redound from wikipedia

- of His p****ion for the redemption of mankind, and the glory that would redound to His Father and Himself. All this Christ understood infinitely better...
- personal and social vocation of the same human beings. This service will redound the more effectively to the welfare of all insofar as both institutions...
- chivalric romance through a straightforward retelling of a series of acts that redound to the knightly virtues of the hero. The character of Don Quixote became...
- the honest, competent and dedicated work of public servants can, indeed, redound to real economic benefits to millions of Filipinos." Abdon Nababan (b. ...
- Latin unda abound, abundance, abundant, inundant, inundate, inundation, redound, redundancy, redundant, superabound, superabundance, superabundant, surround...
- that he was seized with a sudden illness... this conduct of the emperor redounded much to his disgrace, and to the injury of the whole business of the crusade...
- victim was buried in the Cathedral in the year 1255. Such stories do not redound to the credit of Christendom, and so we pray: Lord, forgive what we have...
- there will be a (great) reward for him; and if he enjoins otherwise, it redounds on him. — Sahih Muslim 1841 Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The...
- character and disposition of the person who performed them, they can neither redound to his honour, if good; nor infamy, if evil. Hume describes the link between...
- Legion from any responsibility. Ironically, the whole affair may have redounded to his advantage, for it had the effect of heightening concern about the...