Meaning of REDOUBLE
| Pronunciation: | | ree'dubul
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- [v] make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
- [v] double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"
- [v] double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"
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| | See Also: | | deepen, double, duplicate, escalate, intensify, step up | |
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\Re*dou"ble\ (r?*d?b"'l), v. t. [Pref. re- + double:
cf. F. redoubler. Cf. {Reduplicate}.]
To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or
repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. --Shak.
\Re*dou"ble\, v. i.
To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied;
to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
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