Meanings
-
1
verb
to make twice as great or intense
The screaming redoubled.
-
2
verb
to double again
The noise doubled and redoubled.
-
3
verb
to double in magnitude, extent, or intensity
The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio.
-
4
verb
To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
Etymology
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.