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redouble(dictionary)

redouble (iou)



redouble verb & noun. LME.
[French redoubler, formed as RE- + doubler DOUBLE verb.]
A. verb.
a. verb trans. Double or double again; make twice as great or as much. More widely, make more intense or numerous, increase. LME.
P. Dally She redoubled her prayers, and Robert's faith..returned. J. Halperin He redoubled his efforts in literary self-improvement.
b. verb intrans. Be doubled or doubled again; become twice as great or as much. More widely, become more intense or numerous, increase. LME.
M. Keane The curtains were drawn and the scent of freesias redoubled in the room.
a. verb trans. Repeat (a sound); reproduce, re-echo. Now rare. M16.
b. verb intrans. Re-echo, resound. Now rare. E18.
verb trans. Reiterate; do, say, etc., a second time. L16.
verb trans. Duplicate by reflection. rare. E19.
verb intrans. Bridge. Double again a bid already doubled by an opponent. L19.
b. noun. Bridge. The redoubling of a bid. E20.
redoublement noun (a) redoubling E17.
redoubler noun (rare) a person who or thing which redoubles E17.
redoubling adverb the action of the verb; an instance of this: LME.