The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redound \Re*dound"\ (r?*dound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding.] [F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.]
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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.
The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung.
--Milton.The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.
--Rogers.both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture.
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To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of redound English)