redound

Plural: redounds

Verb

Verb Forms: redounded, redounding, redounds

To contribute greatly or have a particular effect.
return or recoil
- "Fame redounds to the heroes"
contribute
- "Everything redounded to his glory"
have an effect for good or ill
- "Her efforts will redound to the general good"
To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
To reverberate, to echo.
To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
To arise from or out of something.
To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

Noun

A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.

Examples

His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
His strategic "QI" play did redound to his overall high score in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 9

redound: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
redound: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
redound: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

redound: valid Words With Friends Word