Redound Definition
rĭ-dound
redounded, redounds
verb
To have an effect or consequence.
Deeds that redound to one's discredit.
American Heritage
To have a result or effect (to the credit or discredit, etc. of someone or something)
Webster's New World
To come back; react; recoil (upon)
Webster's New World
To surge up or overflow.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. [from 15th c.]
Wiktionary
Origin of Redound
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From Anglo-Norman redounder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin rÄ“dundō, from rÄ“ + undō (“surge"), from unda (“a wave").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English redounden to flow abundantly from Old French redonder from Latin redundāre to overflow redundant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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