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Redounded
(gcide) | 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.]
1. 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.
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The evil, soon
Driven back, redounded as a flood on those
From whom it sprung. --Milton.
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The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds
to God, the author of it. --Rogers.
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both . . . will devour great quantities of paper,
there will no small use redound from them to that
manufacture. --Addison.
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2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be
redundant; to overflow.
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For every dram of honey therein found,
A pound of gall doth over it redound. --Spenser.
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