redound
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[edit] Etymology
From French rédonder, from Latin rēdundō, from rē + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
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[edit] Verb
redound (third-person singular simple present redounds, present participle redounding, simple past and past participle redounded)
- To result in, to contribute (to a specified situation or consequence).
- I must wait and see whether the situation redounds to my advantage.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 448:
- The fact that in one case the advance redounds to private advantage and in the other, theoretically, to the public good, does not alter the core assumptions common to both.
- To attach, come back, accrue (to or upon someone).
- His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
- To arise or occur in consequence (from or out of something).
- (obsolete) To swell, surge up (of waves, liquid etc.).
[edit] Translations
to result in, contribute to
to come back, accrue upon
