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Definition of Redound
1. Verb. Return or recoil. "Fame redounds to the heroes"
2. Verb. Contribute. "Everything redounded to his glory"
3. Verb. Have an effect for good or ill. "Her efforts will redound to the general good"
Definition of Redound
1. v. i. 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.
2. n. The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.
Definition of Redound
1. Verb. To result in, to contribute (''to'' a specified situation or consequence). ¹
2. Verb. To attach, come back, accrue (''to'' or ''upon'' someone). ¹
3. Verb. To arise or occur in consequence (''from'' or ''out of'' something). ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete) To swell, surge up (''of waves, liquid etc.''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Redound
1. to have an effect or consequence [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redound
Literary usage of Redound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1812)
"... will redound to him ; and therefore it is but juil to take this opportunity
of reviving his reputation. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"redound Recuperative, tending to recover. Recur. ... OF redouter, MF redoubler,
to fear. See Re- and Doubt. redound. ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"God grant that the whole may redound to the glory of His name and the general
advantage and safety of us all, and that we may te directed by His Divine ..."
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