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单词 redound
释义 re·dound
\rə̇ˈdau̇nd, rēˈ-\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English redounden, from Middle French redonder, from Latin redundare to overflow, be in excess, from red- re- + undare to overflow, from unda wave — more at water
1. archaic
 a. : to become swollen : surge up : billow
  < waves redounding roar — Alexander Pope >
 b. : to be excessive in quantity : predominate, overflow
  < for every dram of honey therein found, a pound of gall doth over it redound — Edmund Spenser >
2.
 a. : to have an effect for good or ill : conduce
  < their efforts … will redound to the general good — Lucius Garvin >
 b. : to be a contributing factor to repute
  < will always redound to his honor and self-sacrifice — Aidan Mulloy >
  < what he does redounds to the credit of geology — K.K.Darrow >
3.
 a. : to become transferred or added : accrue
  < every value he creates ultimately redounds to himself, his neighbor and his country — A.R.Williams >
 b. obsolete : to issue forth
  < sacred lore … from her sweet lips did redound — Edmund Spenser >
4. : to become deflected backward : rebound, reflect
 < the child's behavior redounds on the mother >
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