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▪ I. rebound, n. (rɪˈbaʊnd, now usu. ˈriːbaʊnd) Also 5 rebon, 6 rebowne. [f. the vb. Cf. F. rebond (16th c.). The early forms without d are prob. a. AF. reboun (Gower).] †1. ? Noise, din. Obs.—1
c1485Digby Myst. iii. 1465 Who made the so hardy to make swych rebon? †2. A violent blow. Obs.—1 Cf. mod.Sc. ‘He got a great rebound for his carelessness’, i.e. a severe rebuke or reprimand.
a1500Sir Beues (Pynson) 3515 Than rode..syr Terry To the kynges broder..And gaue to hym suche a rebowne That both he and his hors fel downe. 3. The act of bounding back after striking; resilience, return, recoil. a. of material things; spec. in Basketball, Football, etc., the return of a ball from the backboard, goal-post, etc., after an unsuccessful shot; a ball that rebounds in this manner; (also attrib.).
1530Palsgr. 261/1 Rebounde of a ball, bond. 1596Raleigh Discov. Gviana 67 The rebound of water made it seeme, as if it had beene all couered ouer with a great shower of rayne. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 398 They play Balls with Rackets, bringing their Steeds to observe the Rebound. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. vii. 55 His head..made three rebounds upon the scaffold. 1814Byron Ode to Napoleon vi, He who of old would rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 344 The water began to thunder into these [caverns] with a leap that was only topped by the rebound seaward again. 1922W. E. Meanwell Basket Ball for Men vi. 61 The opposing attack is following in hard for the rebound. Ibid., The hook pass..permits the guard to reverse and present his back to the oncoming rebound man. 1948Sun (Baltimore) 7 Jan. 11/1 Jimmy Kirby..tapped in four field goals when taking rebounds. 1954Basketball (‘Know the Game’ Series) 35 When a shot is missed obtaining the rebound is vital... Although defensive players usually start with the best position for the rebound offensive, players must make every effort to beat the defender to the best rebound positions. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 4 Feb. 15/1 He is an outstanding rebound man and the team's third leading scorer. 1969Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 1d/3 ‘It was the board play that killed us,’ continued Belko, pointing to Wichita's 62–43 edge in rebounds. 1971N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports iii. 78 A man much taller than the rest..had the best chance to retrieve the ‘rebound’ over the heads of smaller players. 1976Western Mail (Cardiff) 22 Nov. 16/3 Preece was on hand to fire home the rebound from close range. 1978Dumfries Courier 13 Oct. 4/6 Milligan levelled the scores for Girvan connecting with a rebound after a shot had been blocked in the goalmouth. b. of sound and light.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 81 The soundes woulde not be conueyed in so well, as they are in places that bend and giue backewarde, where they haue rebounds. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1217 The stroks..be heard a farre off,..by reason of the resonance and rebound. 1689Burnet Tracts I. 93 The Rebound of the Sun-beams from the Mountains doth so increase the heats here. 1810Southey Kehama i. iv, With quick rebound of sound, All in accordance cry. c. transf. or fig. in various applications. Now freq. attrib.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 135 Throw no gyft againe at the gyuers hed: If thou do the rebounde may be so red, That the red bloud may run downe in thy necke. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 216 Ye haue another figure which by his nature we may call the Rebound. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 104, I do feele By the rebounde of yours, a grief that suites [emend. shoots] My very heart at roote. a1658Cleveland Cl. Vindic. (1677) 169 She had return'd your Summons without perusal. Which rebound of your Letter..is the most compendious Answer to what you propound. a1708Beveridge Wks. (1846) VIII. 654 The report..I heard, by a second rebound from the prints which go about the country. 1763Earl of March 21 June in Jesse G. Selwyn (1843) I. 235 My dinner is a rebound of one we had at Eglinton's. 1782F. Burney Cecilia ix. iii, Nature herself..is not more elastic in her rebound. 1853Maurice Proph. & Kings xvii. 292 The feeling would be all the stronger because it was a rebound from a state of depression and shame. 1951Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. XI. 235 (heading) Spermatogenic rebound phenomenon after administration of testosterone propionate. 1954Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. CXX. 46 (heading) Abstention [from addictive drugs], rebound, and readjustment. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. vi. 115 The relief produced by the shrinkage of swollen nasal membranes is merely temporary and is followed by rebound congestion. Ibid. xv. 288 More often death has been attributed to secondary causes such as..suicides arising from rebound depression during periods of drug withdrawal or abstinence. 1977Lancet 9 Apr. 774/1 Thrombocytopenia caused by alcohol is reversible after alcohol withdrawal, and is followed by rebound thrombocytosis. 1978M. G. Harmatz Abnormal Psychol. vii. 162/1 Patients felt even more deeply depressed when drug action wore off than before they had treatment (a rebound effect). Modern anti-depressants..avoid these side effects. d. fig. † (a) in phrases to take at (a or the), by, from, or upon rebound; also, to accept, catch, etc., at rebound. Obs. (Freq. in 17th c.) (b) † (in or) on the rebound: during a period of reaction following an emotionally disturbing experience, esp. a broken engagement or a refusal of marriage. Also used without prep.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed VI. 5 Here percase some snappish carper will take me at rebound. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xix. (1840) 150 St. Bernard, taking it rather from the rebound than first rise chargeth them therewith. 1660Trial of Regic. 118 If he doth but write them by the command of another, by speaking them after another, taking them upon rebound, that is not treason. 1675Cocker Morals 2 Accept a Courtesie at first Rebound. 1739W. Melmoth Fitzosb. Lett. (1763) 361 Either to seize upon their conclusions at once, or to take them by rebound from others. 1853Mrs. Gaskell Ruth III. iv. 129 His first rebound to Jemima. 1859Harper's Mag. Aug. 341/1 Ellen Bond caught his heart ‘in the rebound’, as somebody says. 1861C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother xxi. 295 We may steer her safely through, above all, if one of the six cousins will but catch him in the rebound. 1864G. J. Whyte-Melville Queen's Maries II. xxxviii. 234 It is an old saying that ‘many a heart is caught on the rebound’. a1899V. S. Lean Collectanea (1904) IV. 41 Many a heart is caught in the rebound, i.e. after a repulse by another. 1921Galsworthy To Let iii. x. 290 Ah! it was strange—this marriage. The young man, Mont, had caught her on the rebound, of course, in the reckless mood of one whose ship has just gone down. 1931H. S. Walpole Judith Paris iii. i. 428 She has but accepted him on the rebound from her trouble with Beaminster. 1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation ix. 283 Maybe the girl had had a fight with Carl, and had turned to Jeff on the rebound. 1977A. Morice Murder in Mimicry i. ix. 91 Her passion for Gilbert was already on the wane... The rebound was in full swing. 1978Lancashire Life Sept. 47/2 Perhaps it was on the rebound from this disappointment that he contracted his disastrous first marriage. ▪ II. rebound, v.|rɪˈbaʊnd| Also 6 rebowne, reboune. [ad. OF. rebonder, -bondir, -bundir (mod.F. rebondir) to resound, bound back: see re- and bound v.2 In ME. and early mod.E. freq. confused with redound v.; see 1 b–1 d and 3 c.] 1. a. intr. To spring back from force of impact, to bound back.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxviii. (Bodl. MS.) Þat besschynyng þat reboundeþ aȝen is icleped lumen refluxum. c1450Merlin 245 He droff hem a-wey discounfited, and made hem to rebounde vpon the warde of ffalsabres and vpon the warde of Pyngnoras. 1530Palsgr. 680/1, I never sawe gonne stone skyppe on that facyon, it rebounded thrise one after an other. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 42 The Sonne beames rebounding from th' earth. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. x. 33 A ball being strucken hard downe with your hand, reboundeth backe in the same line. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 235 Those few [atoms] that should happen to clash might rebound after the collision. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. xxxvi, My shot rebounded from his face like a wad of spun-yarn from the walls of a ship. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. lviii, When shell and ball Rebounding idly on her strength did light. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 236 The shock was such that the Mountjoy rebounded, and stuck in the mud. b. transf. or fig. of immaterial things (common in 15–17th c.). In early use prob. confused with redound v.; cf. 3 c.
c1400Lydg. æsop's Fab. v. 164 Where frawde is vsed, frawde mote rebounde. 1412–20― Chron. Troy ii. xii, The shame..doth rebounde Upon vs all. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) I, That benefite rebounded onely to the myserable prysoners. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 186 The question reboundeth backe agayne from whence it came first. 1647Cowley Mistr. xxviii. iv, When it does Hardness meet and Pride, My Love does then rebound t'another side. 1707Norris Treat. Humility vi. 246 The respect that is shewn to those below us, rebounds upwards. 1788Burke Sp. agst. W. Hastings Wks. XIII. 16 An evil example, that would rebound back on themselves. 1852Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. xiv. 170 Through the medium of reaction rebounding from extremes which produce contrary extremes. 1955Times 9 Aug. 12/2 Equities rebounded sharply yesterday after their reaction last week although they did not always fully hold their gains. 1979Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. d2/3 Coal prices just don't seem to want to rebound. †c. To redound to one's shame, honour, etc. Obs.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xvi, Reprefe to their name That iustly might rebounde to their shame. c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 76 So it shal rebounde to youre honour. 1528Roy Rede me (Arb.) 36 Unto oure dishonowre all doeth rebowne Seyinge that gone is the masse. ¶d. Used by Wyclif to render L. redundāre.
1382Wyclif Prov. iii. 10 Thi bernes shul ben fulfild with fulnesse, and with win thi presses shul rebounden. ― Esther vii. 4 Our enemy..whos cruelte reboundeth in to the king. Ibid. x. 6 A litil welle, that grew into a flod,..and in to manye watris reboundide. e. Basketball. To catch a rebound (rebound n. 3 a).
1954Sun (Baltimore) 20 Dec. b18/2 Pollard is the best balanced basketball player I have ever seen;..he can rebound with the best big men in the business. 1974State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 Mar. 1-d/1 Kelley went to the line for a one-and-one at 1:04 and missed. Stewart rebounded and McCurdy failed to connect twice. 2. To re-echo, reverberate, resound. Now rare or Obs. a. of sounds.
c1440Promp. Parv. 425/1 Rebowndyn', or sowndyn aȝene', reboo. a1500Knt. of Curtesy 347 The noise of gonnes did rebounde. 1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. i. xvi, Every man hereth the hole voyce, sown, or worde, & it re⁓boundyth hole in every mannes erys. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 71 With playnts most pitiful to oure ears thus sadlye rebounding. 1646Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xxxviii, A gen'ral hiss, from the whole tire of snakes Re⁓bounding, through hell's inmost caverns came. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 51 More surprising Sound Will through the hollow Graves rebound. 1781Cowper Hope 346 From stuccoed walls smart arguments rebound. a1822Shelley Homer's Hymn Merc. lxxxvii, Far and wide rebounded The echo of his pipings. b. of places. Const. of, with, to, and absol.
1555Eden Decades To Rdr. (Arb.) 49 Hauens with echo seuen tymes reboundynge. 1579–80North Plutarch (1612) 430 Made the mountaines..to rebound againe of the sound and eccho of their cries. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 100 With hoarse allarms the hollow Camp rebounds. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 16 With tumultuous sounds Of thronging multitudes the shore rebounds. 1788Warton On his Majesty's Birthday ii, Where the long roofs rebounded to the din Of spectre chiefs, who feasted far within. 3. a. To bound or leap, esp. in return or response to some force or stimulus. Now rare or Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 422 [The ark] flote forthe with þe flyt of þe felle wyndez; Wheder-warde so þe water wafte, hit rebounde. c1420Avow. Arth. xi, Als sone as he come thare, A-ȝaynus him rebowndet the bare. 1513Douglas æneis vii. vii. 91 [The top] smyttin wyth the tawis dois rebound. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 7 Sometimes the surges or Sea-flashes doe rebound top-gallant height. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxiii. 86 By means of a bellows..the water rebounded up so high, that..it fell as small as dew. 1667Milton P.L. i. 788 At once with joy and fear his heart re⁓bounds. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 162 Along the court the fiery steeds rebound. 1791Cowper Iliad xiii. 741 The heart Rebounded of Pisander, full of hope. b. To bound back (without impact).
1513Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 112, I..slepit sownd Quhill the orizont wpwart gan rebound. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. 213 The stone which had been laboriously rolled to the summit of the hill was trembling on the brink, and in a moment might rebound into the plain. †c. To result, arise from a source. Obs.—1 Prob. confused with redound: cf. 1 b.
a1471Fortescue Wks. (1869) 485 Thou knowest nat what spiritual wynnyng reboundeth from theis temporal hurts. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. Pref., As soon as any one shall come to be fined, let the money rebounding from hence, be laid aside for the use of suppressing the Enemies. 4. a. trans. To cause to bound back; to cast or throw back, to return. Now rare.
c1560in Œcon. Rokebiorum in Richmond Wills (Surtees) 200 note, Christofer Rokeby, being assaulted..was able soe to have rebounded the blowes given him [etc.]. 1596Edw. III, i. i, Defiance, Frenchman? we rebound it back. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 126 When Anthony charged Cicero,..Cicero rebounded the same accusation again to Antony. 1658W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. verse 14. xi. §3 (1669) 99/1 Now to rebound his love in thankfulness, she bestirs her self [etc.]. 1713Steele Spect. No. 423 ⁋6 They have the whole Woman between them, and can occasionally rebound her Love and Hatred from one to the other. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus xxvi. (1831) 231 His dignified composure rebounded their darts upon his insulters. 1865S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor ii, The leathern mail rebounds the hail. †b. To reflect (light). Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxix. (Bodl. MS.), A merroure..and oþer glistering bodies reboundeþ aȝen þe schynynge that he fongeþ. 1599Davies Hymns Astrœa xv, Rebound vpon thy selfe thy light. 1653More Antid. Ath. ii. xii. §3 The rays falling upon the Retina..being rebounded thence upon the Uvea. 5. a. To re-echo, return (a sound). Now rare.
1555Eden Decades 96 The wooddes and montaynes..re⁓bounded the noyse of the horryble crye. 1591Spenser Tears of Muses 22 The hollow hills..Were wont redoubled Echoes to rebound. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. i. v. §10 They reckoned their Foes by the increase of the Noise rebounded unto them. 1703Pope Thebais i. 163 The dreadful signal all the rocks rebound. 1751G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists iii. (1754) Pref., I have little more Honour than that of being an Echo, rebounding your own Words. 1813T. Busby Lucretius I. ii. 370 Loud to the neighbouring hills the clamours rise, The neighbouring hills rebound them to the skies. †b. To send out, exalt, celebrate, by a re-echoing sound. Obs.
c1557Abp. Parker Ps. lxxxi. 235 Open..the mouthes of us thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious majesty. 1598Yong Diana 444 They shall rebound His famous name..Vnto the highest spheares. 1647J. Hall Poems ii. 101 His throne,..whom your plumy pipes rebound. Hence reˈboundable a.; reˈbounded ppl. a.
1659Gentl. Calling 78 Everie degree of unmercifulness they shew to others, reverts with a rebounded force upon themselves. 1685Cotton tr. Montaigne III. 244 Our reasons.., our arguments and controversies are reboundable upon us. |