Redound
REDOUND, verb intransitive [Latin redundo; red, re, and undo, to rise or swell, as waves.]
1. To be sent, rolled or driven back.
The evil, soon driven back, redounded as a flood on those from whom it sprung.
2. To conduce in the consequence; to contribute; to result.
The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God the author of it.
3. To proceed in the consequence or effect; to result.
There will no small use redound from them to that manufactures.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): 2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
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