redouble
See also: redoublé
English
Etymology
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
Verb
redouble (third-person singular simple present redoubles, present participle redoubling, simple past and past participle redoubled)
- (transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
- Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee, ch. 10:
- Every item of intelligence appeared to redouble the astonishment of the islanders, and they gazed at us with inquiring looks.
- 1903 October 21, “Plunder Hidden in Graves”, in New York Times, page 16:
- The police redoubled their efforts to capture the thieves.
- 2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3:
- With suggestions that inflation will rise above 15%, I have no doubt that today's trade union leaders will redouble their efforts to secure their members a good deal.
- (bridge, backgammon) To double an opponent's doubling bid.
- (intransitive) To become twice as big.
- To double again what was reduced to a single state.
- 2019 December 4, “Lib Dems promise fares freeze and low-emission technology”, in Rail, page 6:
- Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.dubl/
Verb
redouble
- inflection of redoubler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
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