[rɪˈdaʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- contribute greatly to (a person's credit or honour)
(e.g: his latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit)

- come back upon; rebound on
(e.g: may his sin redound upon his head!)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘surge up, overflow’): from Old French redonder, from Latin redundare ‘surge’, from re(d)- ‘again’ + unda ‘a wave’