redouble

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
  • (bridge) To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  • (intransitive) To become twice as big.
  • To double again what was reduced to a single state.

Etymology

Derived from Middle French redoubler prefix from English double.

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English

double

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