Redouble
[riː'dʌb(ə)l] or [,ri'dʌbl]
Definition
(verb.) make twice as great or intense; 'The screaming redoubled'.
(verb.) double again; 'The noise doubled and redoubled'.
(verb.) double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; 'The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio'.
Editor: Percival--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
(v. i.) To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Repeat, reduplicate, reiterate, renew.
v. n. Be repeated, become twice as much.
Editor: Milton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Augment, multiply, intensify, reiterate
ANT:Diminish, slacken, weaken, reduce, abate
Typist: Susan
Definition
v.t. to double again or repeatedly: to increase greatly: to multiply.—v.i. to become greatly increased: to become twice as much.
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Examples
- For the insurgent become master is a fanatic from the struggle, and as George Santayana says, he is only too likely to redouble his effort after he has forgotten his aim. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Whenever I fell into a thoughtful state, this subject was sure to present itself, and all my uneasiness was sure to be redoubled. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A wild cry of exultation arose from the Heliumite squadron, and with redoubled ferocity they fell upon the Zodangan fleet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She has offended somebody: who never forgives--whose rage redoubled when he saw you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But the sense of loneliness returned with redoubled force as she saw herself forever shut out from Selden's inmost self. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We redoubled our tenderness and earnest attentions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We proceeded through the snow, which lay in masses impeding the way, while the descending flakes, driving against me with redoubled fury, blinded me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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