Associations to the word «Redouble»

Wiktionary

REDOUBLE, verb. (transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
REDOUBLE, verb. (bridge) (backgammon) To double an opponent's doubling bid.
REDOUBLE, verb. (intransitive) To become twice as big.
REDOUBLE, noun. (bridge) An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.

Dictionary definition

REDOUBLE, verb. Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio".
REDOUBLE, verb. Double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled".
REDOUBLE, verb. Make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin