See Also: principium(dictionary)
Rebound(money)
rebound(2)(dictionary)
rebound(1)(dictionary)
Rebound(medicine)
Rebound(health)
rebound 1, verb(dictionary)
rebound 2, noun(dictionary)
rebound phenomenon(medicine)
rebound effect(medicine)

rebound(2) (iou) and principium (iou)


rebound(2) (iou)



rebound verb. LME.
[Old French rebonder, (also mod.) rebondir, from RE- + bondir BOUND verb2.]
verb intrans. Spring back (as) from force of impact. LME.
E. Bowen A leaden downpour..rebounded from her silvery raincoat.
b. Of an action: have an adverse effect on or upon (the doer). LME.
F. Tomlin If one were to exaggerate..the consequences would..rebound upon one's own head.
c. Redound to one's shame, honour, etc. LME.
Times If the Bar does not relax its rules..it could 'rebound to its own detriment'.
d. Basketball. Catch a rebound. M20.
a. verb intrans. Echo, reverberate. Now rare. LME.
b. verb trans. Echo, return (a sound). Formerly also, exalt or celebrate with a re-echoing sound. Now rare. M16.
verb intrans. Bound, leap, esp. in response to some force or stimulus. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Milton With joy and fear his heart rebounds.
b. Result or arise from. L15-M17.
verb trans.
a. Reflect (light). LME-M17.
b. Throw back, return (lit. & fig.). Now rare. M16.
rebounder noun (a) rare a device in a gunlock for throwing back the hammer; (b) Basketball a player skilled in catching rebounds; (c) (chiefly US) a small, round trampoline, esp. used for exercising at Home: L19.

principium (iou)



principium noun. . L16.
[Latin, from princip-: see PRINCE.]
1. Roman History. In pl. The General's quarters in an army camp. L16.
2. = PRINCIPLE noun 1, 2, 3. E17.
principium individuationis Philosophy the criterion for distinguishing one individual from another.