Re‐dound″ (r?‐dound″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Redounding.] [F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.] 1. 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.
2. 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.