English Dictionary

redound

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈdaʊnd/

動詞

自動詞 廃用 他動詞 主語制限 通常

(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.

日本語の意味

水や波が高まり、溢れ出す（古風な表現） / ある人や物に利益もしくは不利益をもたらす

At dawn the waves redound against the cliff, hurling spray high into the morning air.

夜明けに波が崖に盛り上がり、しぶきを朝の空高く巻き上げた。

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 […].

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.

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.

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.

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.

redounds （ present singular third-person ）

redounding （ participle present ）

redounded （ participle past ）

redounded （ past ）