redound

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
3. verb To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
4. verb To reverberate, to echo.
5. verb To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
6. verb 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. verb To arise from or out of something.
8. verb To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

Similar words

result lead reburgeon peal repercuss swell resound echo replete reverberate

Often followed by

to more greatly in much upon on unto from so

Word family

redounded redounding redounds