redounds

/R IH0 D AW1 N D Z/

verb

1
To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
2
To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
3
To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
4
To reverberate, to echo.
5
To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
6
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.”
7
To arise from or out of something.
8
(of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

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