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redouble

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re⋅dou⋅ble

  [ree-duhb-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
Use redouble in a Sentence
–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.
–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.
Origin:
1470–80; < MF redoubler. See re-, double

Related forms:
re⋅dou⋅bler, noun
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re·dou·ble   (rē-dŭb'əl)   
v.   re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling, re·dou·bles

v.   tr.

  1. To double.

  2. To repeat.

  3. Games To double the doubling bid of (an opponent) in bridge.

v.   intr.

  1. To become twice as great.

  2. Games To double a double in bridge.

re·dou'ble n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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