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Redound (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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