reboundedadj.
/rᵻˈbaʊndᵻd/, U.S. /ˈriˌbaʊndəd/ That has rebounded (in various senses). Also: (of force) redoubled.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased by specific proportion
reboundeda1398
trebled?c1400
redoubled1540
doubled?a1560
tripled1583
quadrupled1607
sextupled1853
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 152 Þe watir..hath þe vttir partie of meroure and sheweþ his kynde by worchyng and doyng of liȝt reboundede [L. reflexi], licknesse and ymage of thinges beeþ yseye þerynne.
1593 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence (rev. ed.) 47 This figure is called the Rhetoricall Eccho, for that it carrieth the resemblance of a rebounded voyce.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 78 Every degree of unmercifulness they shew to others, reverts with a rebounded force upon themselves!
1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Amorous Quarrel ii. i in Molière Wks. I. 225 My too weak Heart, alas,..receiv'd a Wound by a rebounded Stroke.
a1787 S. Jenyns Wks. (1790) 159 The shining mirror all her charms displays, And her eyes catch their own rebounded rays.
1828 A. A. Opie Detraction Displayed xv. 231 None can shoot these arrows, but they must expect they will revert with a rebounded force.
1916 W. F. Fluhrer Inq. Princ. Treatm. Broken Limbs 120 The rebounded ball was traced to its place of lodgment.
1972 T. S. Yukic Handball 105 Instead of striking the rebounded ball, catch it with the striking hand.
2004 M. Kemp Leonardo v. 190 The delicate glimmer of rebounded light on the underside of the Virgin's outstretched hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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