"redound" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/ [UK, US], /ɹəˈdaʊnd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redound.wav Forms: redounds [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin rēdundō, from rē + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|redunder}} Anglo-Norman redunder, {{uder|en|frm|redonder}} Middle French redonder, {{uder|en|la|rēdundō}} Latin rēdundō Head templates: {{en-noun}} redound (plural redounds)
  1. A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
    Sense id: en-redound-en-noun-80XVFVpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 4 8 1 2 5 2 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 29 5 8 3 4 9 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 37 3 5 2 3 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 37 2 8 1 2 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 32 6 7 3 6 8 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 33 4 7 3 6 8 3 8

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/ [UK, US], /ɹəˈdaʊnd/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redound.wav Forms: redounds [present, singular, third-person], redounding [participle, present], redounded [participle, past], redounded [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin rēdundō, from rē + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|redunder}} Anglo-Norman redunder, {{uder|en|frm|redonder}} Middle French redonder, {{uder|en|la|rēdundō}} Latin rēdundō Head templates: {{en-verb}} redound (third-person singular simple present redounds, present participle redounding, simple past and past participle redounded)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-tun3DOI4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 4 8 1 2 5 2 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 29 5 8 3 4 9 4 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 48 3 6 2 3 5 3 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 37 3 5 2 3 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 37 2 8 1 2 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 32 6 7 3 6 8 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 33 4 7 3 6 8 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 34 5 8 4 4 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 41 4 7 2 3 7 3 7
  2. (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-1w5R5heq
  3. (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-Eynb~txW
  4. (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-tcl6lOzY
  5. (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-gmvl-a-L
  6. (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). Tags: intransitive Translations (to come back, accrue upon): връщам се (vrǎštam se) (Bulgarian), kääntyä vastaan (Finnish), iskeä takaisin (Finnish), zurückfallen (German), einholen (German)
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-~4skdnRe Disambiguation of 'to come back, accrue upon': 19 2 4 2 2 62 2 8
  7. (intransitive) To arise from or out of something. Tags: intransitive Translations (to arise or occur in consequence from): johtua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-SIhyC4CE Disambiguation of 'to arise or occur in consequence from': 30 2 6 1 2 7 49 4
  8. (intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back. Tags: intransitive, usually
    Sense id: en-redound-en-verb-SxnGowTM Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 29 5 8 3 4 9 4 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: redundance, redundancy, redundant Translations (to result in, contribute to): допринасям (doprinasjam) (Bulgarian), водя до (vodja do) (Bulgarian), kääntyä (Finnish), muuttua (Finnish), zu etw. führen (German), zu etw. beitragen (German), приводи́ть к (privodítʹ k) (Russian), спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'to result in, contribute to': 10 24 23 3 5 10 15 9

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Contrivances of the Author to Please the King and Queen. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 259:",
          "text": "I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.",
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          "text": "One thing about the ‘John McCain-didn’t-sleep-with-a-lobbyist’ story redounds to the New York Times’ credit.",
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        "(intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.)."
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        "To arise from or out of something."
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        "(intransitive) To arise from or out of something."
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          "text": "The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung.",
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        "To roll back; to be sent or driven back."
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      "roman": "doprinasjam",
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