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Rebound, v. Also: -bounde, -bownd, -bund, -bond, reibund. [ME (14th c.) and e.m.E. rebound(e, -bownd (c1420), OF rebonder, F. rebondir.]As in English, there is appar. confusion with Redound v., see notes to various subsenses below.

1. intr. To react or start away in response to a stimulus, to spring back, or up, from the force of an impact. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 3759.
Quhilk straik dede fra the hors he couth rebound Ib. MS 18747.
Ane suddant tempest … Of … thunder wind and raine Quhill hevin and eird reboundit vp againe a1500 Sir Eger 1023.
The steed rebounded from the spurrs 1513 Doug. vii vi 91.
Scho [sc. a top] smyttyn with the tawys dois rebound, And rynnys about, abowt, in cirkill round Ib. viii 80.
Byssy with weggis he Stude schidand a four squarit akyn tre … Als oft the ax rebundit of the strakis Ib. ix iii 110.
Quhill Tyberinus bakwartis dyd rebound, As thocht his curs dyd stop and step abak Ib. x vi 27.
The … bargis dyd rebound Inrowand fast towart the Latyn grond a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 106.
The shot of a hagbute … brak sum staynes of the streat whilk reboundit aganis him

b. To ricochet. — 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 237.
Some of the bulletis rebowndis of the calsey

c. To bound back (without a stimulus). — 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 112.
I … slepit sound Quhil the orizont vpwart gan rebound

d. To arise, result (from a source). Also ? without const. (but perh. rather erron. for Redound v. 7, see quot. Regim. Princ.). — c1460 Bk. Gude Counsale 119.
Riches rebondis [Regim. Princ. (Marchm.), redoundis] to men that ar rychtuise c1590 Fowler I 138/5.
Therwithall the beautyes that rebound From her

e. To be plentiful, abound. = Redound v. 1. Cf. Wyclif's use of rebounden to render L. redundāre. — 1616–17 Misc. Hist. Soc. X 116.
O Lord, let the dew of thy grace discend upon our soules that they may become like a ground … rebounding in these fruits of righteousness

f. To turn to (the consequence specified). = Redound v. 5. — 1623 Aberd. Council Lett. I 206.
Old evills wiche … may reibund to the quhole loss of this estait

2. a. Of sounds: To reverberate or resound. b. Of places: To re-echo.Cf. Redound v. 3.a. 1513 Doug. xii xii 7.
The huslyng in his armour dyd rebund And kest a terribill or a feirfull sound 1535 Stewart 12324.
The buglis blast reboundit fra the bruke Ib. 57050.
Clarions cleir … With sic rebous rebundand fra the bruikb. 1535 Stewart 29744.
The trumpettis … beir gart all the bankis rebound 1585 James VI Ess. 71.
The chirping birds … To sing, whil all the rocks about rebounde c1590 Fowler I 63/157.
The valley … with murmour did rebound off watters, brookes … and fowles