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redound definition

re·dound (ri do̵und′)

intransitive verb

  1. to have a result or effect (to the credit or discredit, etc. of someone or something)
  2. to come back; react; recoil (upon): said of honor or disgrace
  3. Obsolete to surge up or overflow

Etymology: ME redounden < MFr redonder < L redundare, to overflow < re(d)-, intens. + undare, to surge, swell < unda, a wave: see water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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