Associations to the word «Redounding»

Wiktionary

REDOUND, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th-19th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. [from 15th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. [from 15th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo. [from 15th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. [from 15th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]
REDOUND, verb. (intransitive) To arise from or out of something). [from 16th c.]
REDOUND, verb. To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back.

Dictionary definition

REDOUND, verb. Return or recoil; "Fame redounds to the heroes".
REDOUND, verb. Contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory".
REDOUND, verb. Have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.