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[rɪˈdaʊnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- contribute greatly to (a person's credit or honour)
(e.g: his latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit)
- come back upon; rebound on
(e.g: may his sin redound upon his head!)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘surge up, overflow’): from Old French redonder, from Latin redundare ‘surge’, from re(d)- ‘again’ + unda ‘a wave’
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