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What does redound mean?

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Verb
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th-19th c.]
  2. (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something. [from 15th c.]
  3. (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation. [from 15th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo. [from 15th c.]
  5. (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone. [from 15th c.]
  6. (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]
  7. (intransitive) To arise from or out of something. [from 16th c.]
  8. (intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
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