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. [ 1913 Webster ] The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow. [ 1913 Webster ] For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |