Redolence
(Red"o*lence Red"o*len*cy) n. The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant
odor; fragrance.
Redolent
(Red"o*lent) a. [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref.
red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See Odor.] Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; —
usually followed by of. "Honey redolent of spring." Dryden. — Red"o*lent*ly, adv.
Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.
Gray. Redouble
(Re*dou"ble) v. t. [Pref. re- + double: cf. F. redoubler. Cf. Reduplicate.] To double again
or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
So they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.
Shak. Redouble
(Re*dou"ble), v. i. To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly
augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
Redoubt
(Re*doubt") n. [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus
drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus. See
Reduce, and cf. Reduct, Réduit, Ridotto.] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort
or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses,
— used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (b) In permanent
works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [Written also redout.]
Redoubt
(Re*doubt"), v. t. [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to
doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt.] To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]
Redoubtable
(Re*doubt"a*ble) a. [F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.] Formidable; dread; terrible
to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; — often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]
Redoubted
(Re*doubt"ed), a. Formidable; dread. "Some redoubted knight." Spenser.
Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy.
Shak. Redoubting
(Re*doubt"ing), n. Reverence; honor. [Obs.]
In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory.
Chaucer. Redound
(Re*dound") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding.] [F. redonder, L.
redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate,
and cf. Redundant.]
1. To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to
conduce; to contribute; to result.
The evil, soon
Driven back, redounded as a flood on those
From whom it sprung.
Milton.
The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.
Rogers.
both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture.
Addison. 2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
For every dram of honey therein found,
A pound of gall doth over it redound.
Spenser. Redound
(Re*dound"), n.
