▪ I. redound, n. rare.
(rɪˈdaʊnd)
[f. the vb.]
1. Reverberation, echo; a resounding cry.
| a 1665 Codrington Q. Curtius iii. (1670) 55 The redound of the Hills and the Rocks, which doubled every voice of theirs. 1825 G. M{supc}Cann Right Private Judgem. 239 Against whomsoever we direct our clamours, our last redound is against heaven. |
2. The fact of redounding or resulting.
| 1847 Tennyson Princ. ii. 28 We give you welcome: not without redound Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. |
▪ II. redound, v.
(rɪˈdaʊnd)
Forms: α. 4–6 redund(e, 5–6 Sc. redond(e; 4–6 redounde, 6 redownd, 6– redound. β. 5 Sc. radoun, 6 redoun, 6, 7 redown(e.
[ad. F. rédonder (12th c.) = Sp., Pg. redundar, It. ridondare:—L. redundāre, f. re(d)- re- + undāre to surge, f. unda a wave.
In the obsolete uses the precise sense is not always clear; in 4 and 5 there is probably some confusion with rebound v.]
I. intr.
† 1. Of water, waves, etc.: To swell or surge up, to overflow. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Esther xi. 10 A litle welle wex in to the moste flod, and in to manye watris redundede. 1382 ― Eccl. i. 7 Alle flodis entren in to the se, and the se redoundith not. 1596 Spenser Hymn Heav. Love 165 Their streames yet never staunch, But stil do flow, and freshly stil redound. 1684 T. Burnet Th. Earth i. 121 These must have subterraneous out-lets..: otherwise they would redound and over⁓flow the brims of their vessel. 1725 Pope Odyss. iv. 578 Round the descending nymph the waves redounding roar. |
† b. Of other liquids, esp. of moisture in the body: To overflow, superabound. Obs.
| 1568 G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 37 Purge al superflew flewme as may redunde in all naturall partis. 1596 Spenser F.Q. iv. x. 1 For every dram of hony therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound. 1596 P. Barrough Meth. Physick iii. liv. (1639) 187 We say, that menstruis do redound and overflow in women, when [etc.]. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. x. 362 The Mercury..may more easily mix it self with the Phlegm redounding in the Body. |
† c. transf. To be in excess or superfluous. Obs.
| 1599 B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii, It is a strange outrecuidance: your humour too much redoundeth. 1631 E. Jorden Nat. Bathes ii. (1669) 9 If any of these properties be wanting, or any redound, it is mixed [etc.]. 1653 Ashwell Fides Apost. 17 Some old Latine Copies of the Creed..wherein (In) redounds by the like Hebrew Pleonasme. 1667 Milton P.L. v. 438 What redounds, transpires Through Spirits with ease. |
† 2. To be plentiful, abound. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. xlvii. 30 Ful manye redoundeden the synnes of hem gretli. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xv. (1859) 15 But this were soth grete peryl most redounde, Al mortal folk with meschyef to confounde. 1528 Lyndesay Dreme 840, I maruell gretlie..That Ryches suld nocht in this realme redound. 1581 T. Howell Deuises (1879) 223 Who are brought downe, by thy most forwarde frownes, Still subiect liue, and trouble them redownes. |
† 3. To abound in (a thing); to overflow or be filled with (a thing or quality). Obs.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 373/2 Thenne hyr body was put in a monumente whyche after was founden to redounde in oyle. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 37 Theare stud vp æneas, with glittring beautye redowning. 1591 Spenser Virgil's Gnat 189 A pleasant bowre..To rest their limbs with wearines redounding. 1656 [? J. Sergeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 421 When the Earth redounded with well-digested moisture. a 1661 Fuller Worthies (1841) III. 241 Ramus himself doth not so much redound in dichotomies as they do. |
† b. To be redundant in some respect. Obs.
| 1612 Brinsley Pos. Parts (ed. 2) 53 Those words which redound, or which haue more in declining than Nounes haue commonly. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. viii. (1653) 162 They which onely fall short or redound in number [of parts of the body]..live many years. |
† 4. To flow, come, or go back; to return (to a place or person); to come again. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Chron. xix. 6 What euer ȝe shul demyn, in to ȝou it schal redoundyn. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 12 As to the see agayne passis all wateris, sa..all sciencis in this warld redoundis agayne to haly scripture. c 1470 Henry Wallace x. 413 Sum wytt agayn to Wallace can radoun; In hys awn mynd so rewllyt him resoun. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 181 b, Lyke as all flodes commeth out of y⊇ see, and in to y⊇ see they redounde agayne. 1596 Spenser Hymn Heav. Beauty 75 So those likewise doe by degrees redound And rise more faire. |
† b. To rebound after impact, to recoil, spring back. Obs.
| c 1500 Melusine 175 Hys swerd redounded vpon hys hors nek by suche myght that nygh he cutte his throtte of. 1545 R. Ascham Toxoph. ii. (Arb.) 159 For the wynd whych commeth in dede against you, redoundeth bake agayne at the wal. a 1625 Fletcher Nice Valour iv. i, I never yet took box o' th' eare, But it redounded. |
† c. To pass, make way, penetrate. Obs. rare.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxxi. 17 Thair pleasant sang,..Nor ȝett thair joy did to my heart redoun. c 1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xiv. 7 Þe bewty of my lady stoundis Out⁓throucht my breist, vnto my hairt redoundis. |
† 5. To resound, reverberate, re-echo. a. Of sounds. Obs.
| 1470–85 Malory Arthur i. xvi, He cam in so fiersly that the strokes redounded ageyne fro the woode and the water. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 159 Whan y⊇ swete songes and hymnes of y⊇ chirche redounded to his eares. 1550 Lyndesay Sqr. Meldrum 740 Quhilk on the Sey maid sic ane sound, That in the Air it did redound. 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii. 343 What else redounds But sighes and sobs? |
† b. Of places. Obs.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 10183 The skrew, for þe skrykyng & skremyng of folke, Redoundet with dyn drede for to here. 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) 116 The devyll apperyd to hym..makynge a crye soo merveylous, that alle the place redounded. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxxvi. vi, My ryght lusty and stormy blast, That made the walles therof to redounde. 1573 Twyne æneid xi. H h iij, All the bankes about with cracklinge noyse agayn redound. |
6. To result in, have the effect of, contributing or turning to some advantage or disadvantage for a person or thing. † Also const. into.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 215 The passiones of the body redunde in to the perturbacion of the sawle. 1481 Caxton Myrr. iii. xiii. L 6, They retche not for to lerne, sauf that whiche they knowe shal redounde to their singular prouffyt. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes F viij, It hath redounded to no lesse discomfiture of our nacion, then of the Frenchemen. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1346/2 Falling to an other matter, for that this redounded to his owne confusion. 1644 Milton Educ. Wks. 1738 I. 140 Which could not but mightily redound to the good of the Nation. 1718 Free-thinker No. 89 ¶3 This Objection..redounds only to the Damage of the Student. 1813 H. & J. Smith Horace in Lond. 1 If the granting it redound to my advantage. 1860 Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. Ded., Redounding to the security of the Crown. |
b. To turn to one's honour, disgrace, etc.
| 1474 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 103/2 For als moche as the seid rescuse redondez..to the reproche of his seid Chaunceller. 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xix. 167 Those thynges that shulde redounde to the honour of god. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 30 b, Affyrming that it would redounde to the perpetuall shame of Germany. 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl. lxx. (1643) 188 The benefit redounds to the Reputation and Honour of our Countrey. 1711 Budgell Spect. No. 161 ¶3 Something redounding more to their Honour than a Coat of Arms. a 1845 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Blasph. Warning, I think it redounds to their praise. 1879 Seguin Black For. v. 77 A tale..remarkable among German legends for redounding to the credit of the clergy. |
† c. To bring credit or honour to something.
| 1681 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 104 An action highly redounding to the English valour. |
7. a. Of advantage, damage, praise, etc.: To result, attach, accrue to, unto (a person).
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xlvi. 63 The thank redoundis to him in every place. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 212 He enterpreted.., that to hym thereby had redounded more good then eiuill. 1608 Willet Hexapla Exod. 334 The sinnes of the wicked fathers doe not redound to the children. 1704 Swift T. Tub ix, The clear gain redounding to the Common⁓wealth. 1794 Godwin Cal. Williams 99 The mischief that redounded to an unfortunate patron from the transactions of that day. 1861 Trench Ep. 7 Ch. Asia 13 Benefits which redound to us through the sacrifice of the death of Christ. |
† b. Of revenue, wealth, etc.: To come or fall to a person, etc. Obs.
| 1587 Harrison England ii. v. (1877) i. 114 They are of custome punished by a fine, that redoundeth vnto his cofers. 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa iii. 162 A new gouernour ouer euery citie, vnto whom all the tributes and reuenues of the same place redound. 1655 Fuller Hist. Cambr. 144 At this day much emolument redowneth to the antient Colledges in each University..by the passing of this Act. |
8. Of honour or disgrace, advantage, etc.: To recoil or come back, to fall, upon a person.
| 1589 Nashe Anat. Absurd. B iv, The infamie of their ignorance did redound onelie upon themselves. 1606 G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine i. 2 Wisely casting the inconuenience that might redound hereby vpon himselfe. 1692 Beverley Disc. Dr. Crisp 9 Christ taking us as his Members, whatever unworthiness we have, must redound upon him. 1818 Jas. Mill Brit. India I. ii. x. 430 The portion of that flattering sentiment, which would redound upon themselves. 1852 J. H. Newman Scope Univ. Educ. 254 The blessings..are so great, while they are close to it and redound back upon it and encircle it. |
† b. To cast opprobrium, to reflect unfavourably, upon one. Obs. rare—1.
| 1581 Savile Tacitus, Hist. iv. xlv. (1591) 203 Many skornefull and reprochfull speeches redounding [L. jacerentur] vpon the whole Senate. |
9. To proceed, issue, arise from or out of something. ? Obs.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 30 Trew sacred lore, which from her sweet lips did redound. 1596 ― State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 617/2 The pleasure which would redounde out of theyr history. 1605 Bacon Adv. Learn. i. i. §3 The anxietie of spirit which redoundeth from knowledge. 1700 J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra-Faxardo I. 233 The Prince's Reputation redounds from that of the State. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 70 The benefits which might redound from its success. |
† 10. To result, turn out. Obs. rare.
| 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 89 The ill conceit of your L. should redound to be of all others most grieuous. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xi[i]. (Arb.) 123 Vpon the transposition I found this to redound. |
II. trans.
† 11. To reflect (honour, blame, etc.) in, to, upon a person. Obs.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 88, I may not requyre Jason of loue, for that sholde redounde in me grete blame. 1485 ― Chas. Gt. 34 Whyche moche redounded to hym grete honour & vyctorye. 1595 T. Edwards Cephalus & Procris (1878) 43 Iems valued past their worth, Redoune small honor to their bringer forth. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 486 ¶1 For fear they should redound Dishonour upon the Innocent. |
† b. To reckon to one's dishonour. Obs.—1
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 568 All men shall redounde this dede to my dyshonour and shame. |
† 12. Sc. To return, refund (money); to make good (expenses). Obs.
| 1574 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 90 The takaris to redound all proffeittis that thay haue takin vp of thay landis agane to the king. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 155 Promissand to them to cause the King of France his master to redound to them the costis. |
† b. To give or render in return. Obs. rare.
| 1597 Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 323 The love that parents beare their children is greater than that which children redound to their parents. 1632 Lithgow Trav. v. 182, I redounded thankes for my imbraced courtesies. |
† 13. To add, yield, cause to accrue. Also refl.
| 1612 R. Sheldon Serm. St. Martin's 11 He..vouchsafed by a great miracle to stop, and conteine the glory of his soule, from communicating, or redounding it selfe, to his body. 1690 Child Disc. Trade (1694) 88 It would redound some hundreds of thousands of pounds per annum to the publick advantage. |
Hence reˈdounded ppl. a.; reˈdounding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cxcv. 232 Y⊇ watchmen..herde clerely the redoundyng of the nauerryse. 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terap. G g j, It is nat the redoundyng of blode y{supt} indicateth the phlebotomye. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 8 Redounding teares did choke th' end of her plaint. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii. 75 After my redounded thankes, they..returned. a 1679 Hobbes Rhet. (1840) 532 Bragging of no proof, is when that which is brought is too much, called redounding. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 889 So wide they stood, and like a Furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoak. |