redouble

[ ree-duhb-uh l ]

/ riˈdʌb əl /

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verb (used with object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.

to echo or reecho.

Bridge. to double the double of (an opponent).

to go back over: to redouble one's footsteps.

Archaic. to repeat.

verb (used without object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

to be doubled; become twice as great.

to be echoed; resound.

Bridge. to double the double of an opponent.

noun

Bridge. the act of doubling one's opponent's double.

Fencing. an attack in a line other than that of the previous attack, made after the failure of the opponent to follow his or her parry of the previous attack with a riposte.

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Origin of redouble

From the Middle French word redoubler, dating back to 1470–80. See re-, double

Related formsre·dou·bler, noun

Can be confusedredouble reduplicate

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Yet every observation that she could make tended to redouble its keenness.
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British Dictionary definitions for redouble

redouble

/ (rɪˈdʌbəl) /

verb

to make or become much greater in intensity, number, etcto redouble one's efforts

to send back (sounds) or (of sounds) to be sent back; echo or re-echo

bridge to double (an opponent's double)

noun

the act of redoubling

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Word Origin and History for redouble

redouble

mid-15c., "double again, multiply" (trans.), from Middle French redoubler, from Old French re- "again" (see re-) + doubler "to double" (see double (v.)). Meaning "become twice as much" (intrans.) is from late 15c. Related: Redoubled; redoubling.

redouble

verb (used with object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

verb (used without object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

noun

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