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verb (used with object)
1.
to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
2.
to echo or reecho.
3.
Bridge. to double the double of (an opponent).
4.
to go back over: to redouble one's footsteps.
5.
Archaic. to repeat.
verb (used without object)
6.
to be doubled; become twice as great.
7.
to be echoed; resound.
8.
Bridge. to double the double of an opponent.
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noun
9.
Bridge. the act of doubling one's opponent's double.
10.
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.
Related forms
re·dou·bler, noun
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redouble
c.1443, from M.Fr. redoubler, from O.Fr. re- "again" + doubler (see double).
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