redound

/ɹɪˈdaʊnd/

verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). / (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.

His hard work will redound to his success.

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意味（1）

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

For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […].

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意味（2）

(intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.

The honour done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.

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意味（3）

(intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.

One thing about the 'John McCain-didn't-sleep-with-a-lobbyist' story redounds to the New York Times' credit.

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意味（4）

(intransitive) To reverberate, to echo.

意味（5）

(transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).

His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.

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意味（7）

(intransitive) To arise from or out of something.

意味（8）

(intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung.

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