Re*doubt"ing, n. Reverence; honor. [Obs.]

In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory.

Chaucer.

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.

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.

Addison.

2. 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.

Re*dound", n. 1. The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result;

return; requital.

We give you welcome; not without redound Of use and glory to

yourselves ye come.

Tennyson.

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section R · 第 362 / 1346 题