Lexicographical Neighbors of Redoubler
Literary usage of Redoubler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introductory French Reader: Containing Grammatical Exercises by Edward Hicks Magill (1872)
"redoubler [rë-dou-blé], 1. va to redouble i to increase. [id-] redoubler ...
to double : to increase i redoubler de soins, to redouble one's care. [id. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"OF redoubler, to fear ; orig. form redouter. See Re- and Doubt. due to confusion
with OF redoubler, to dread, as if a redoubt were a place into which men ..."
3. French Conversation-grammar: A New and Practical Method of Learning the by Emil Otto, Charles Bonnier (1895)
"means to redouble = to reiterate. redoubler de qch., to redouble = to augment in
force. Examples. Approchez la table, approach the table (bring it nearer). ..."
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