redound

Definition

To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).

Example Sentences

• "For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […]."
• "The honour done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it."
• "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."

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