tredoubt ( b silent), redoute

t. [O. Fr. redoubter (Fr. red outer ), from Lat. re-=back, and dubito to doubt (q. v.).] To fear, to dread. "Yet was Rome well waxen and redoubted of the Parthes." Chaucer: Boecius , bk. ii. re-doubt-a-ble (b silent), *re-dout-a-ble, a . [O. Fr. (Fr. redout able ), from redoubter , red outer = to fear, to dread; O. Ital. ridottabile .] [REDOUBT, v .] Formidable; terrible to foes; dreaded: hence, valiant, mighty. (Often used ironically.) "The enterprising Mr. Lintot, the redoubtable rival of Mr. Tonson, overtook me." -Pope. re-doubt-ěd ( b silent), a . [REDOUBT, v .] Redoubtable, formidable; dreaded, honored, or respected, on account of valor or prowe . "My most redoubted father." Shakesp.: Henry V. , ii. 4. re-dound', *re-dounde, v . i . [French rédonder , from Lat. redundo =to overflow, to abound: red- = back, and undo =to surge, to flow, to abound; und a =a wave; Sp. & Port. redundar ; Ital. rid on dare .] 1. To flow, roll, or surge back, as a wave; to be sent, rolled, or driven back. 2. To be redundant or in exce ; to be or remain over and above. "Redounding tears did choke th' end of her plaint." Spenser: F. Q., I. iii. 8. 3. To conduce in the consequence or result; to result; to turn out; to contribute; to have effect or result. "As all things shall redound unto your good." Shakesp. Henry VI., Pt . ΙΙ . , ίν. 9. re-dound', s . [REDOUND, v.] 1. A coming back, as of consequence or result; result, effect, consequence, return. "Not without redound Of use and glory." -Tennyson: Prince , ii. 28. †2. Reverberation, echo. re-dout', s . [REDOUBT, 8.] red-o-wa, s. [Ital.] redstart 2. To set right; to remedy, as a wrong or abuse; to repair, as an injury. "For the remedying and redre ing of those foresaid injuries."- Fox : Martyrs , p. 979. 3. To relieve from injustice, wrong, or oppre ion; to bestow relief upon; to ease, to compensate. "Will Gaul or Muscovite redre ye?" Byron: Childe Harold , ii. 76. *4. To improve; to make better; to amend, to compensate for. "Yet still, e'en here, content can spread a charm, Redre the clime, and all its rage disarm." Goldsmith: The Traveler. rě-dre ', *re-dre e, s. [REDRESS, v.] *1. A putting into order; amendment. "To seek reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more nece ary is a speedy redre of our selves."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. 2. The correction, amendment, remedying, or removal of wrongs, injury, or oppre ion; reparation, compensation, amends. "The ministers were told that the nation expected, and should have, signal redre ."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. vi. *3. Help, succor. "I defy all counsel, all redre , But that which ends all counsel, true redre , Death, death." Shakesp.: King John, iii. 4. *4. Escape, retreat. (Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , v. 771.) 5. One who gives or affords redre ; a redre er. "Fair majesty, the refuge and redre Of those whom fate pursues, and wants oppre ." Dryden. ( Todd .) re-dre -al, s. [Eng. redre ; -al.] The act of redre ing.