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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REDOUND, v.i. [L. redundo; red, re, and undo, to rise or swell, as waves.]
1. To be sent, rolled or driven back.
The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung.
2. To conduce in the consequence; to contribute; to result.
The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God the author of it.
3. To proceed in the consequence or effect; to result.
There will no small use redound from them to that manufactures.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: return or recoil; "Fame redounds to the heroes"
2: contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory"
3: have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good"

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French redunder, from Latin redundare, from re-, red- re- + unda wave — more at water Date: 14th century 1. archaic to become swollen ; overflow 2. to have an effect for good or ill <new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty's benefit — G. W. Bonham> 3. to become transferred or added ; accrue 4. rebound, reflect

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 (foll. by to) (of an action etc.) make a great contribution to (one's credit or advantage etc.). 2 (foll. by upon, on) come as the final result to; come back or recoil upon. Etymology: ME, orig. = overflow, f. OF redonder f. L redundare surge (as RE-, unda wave)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Redound 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. 2. Rebound; reverberation. [R.] --Codrington.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(redounds, redounding, redounded) If an action or situation redounds to your benefit or advantage, it gives people a good impression of you or brings you something that can improve your situation. The success in the Middle East redounds to his benefit... VERB: V to n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

re-dound' (from re-, "back," and undare, "to surge as a wave"): To be sent back as a reaction, to overflow; occurs only as the translation of perisseuo, "to be over and above," "to superabound" (frequent in the New Testament); in 2Co 4:15, "might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God," the Revised Version (British and American) "may cause the thanksgiving to abound."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Result, contribute, conduce, tend. II. n. Result, return, requital, reflection.