redound
intransitive verb
- to have a result or effect (to the credit or discredit, etc. of someone or something)
- to come back; react; recoil (upon): said of honor or disgrace
- Obsolete to surge up or overflow
See redound in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭ-doundˈ)
intransitive verb re·dound·ed,
re·dound·ing,
re·dounds - To have an effect or consequence: deeds that redound to one's discredit.
- To return; recoil: Glory redounds upon the brave.
- To contribute; accrue.
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