redound.
To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
Meaning & usage
To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
To reverberate, to echo.
To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
To arise from or out of something.
To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
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