redound

== English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/, /ɹəˈdaʊnd/ Rhymes: -aʊnd === Verb === redound (third-person singular simple present redounds, present participle redounding, simple past and past participle redounded) (obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th–19th c.] (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo. [from 15th c.] (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To arise from or out of something. [from 16th c.] (intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === redound (plural redounds) A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return. === Anagrams === rounded, underdo