01 v. i. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Redounding
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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.
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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.