REDOUBT

redoubt

(noun) an entrenched stronghold or refuge

redoubt

(noun) (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

redoubt (plural redoubts)

A small, temporary, military fortification.

A reinforced refuge; a fort.

A place of safety or refuge.

Verb

redoubt (third-person singular simple present redoubts, present participle redoubting, simple past and past participle redoubted)

(transitive) To fortify, to make into a stronghold.

Etymology 2

Verb

redoubt (third-person singular simple present redoubts, present participle redoubting, simple past and past participle redoubted)

(archaic) To dread.

Etymology 3

Verb

redoubt (third-person singular simple present redoubts, present participle redoubting, simple past and past participle redoubted)

(rare) To doubt again.

Noun

redoubt (plural redoubts)

(rare) The return of doubt.

Anagrams

• debtour, doubter, obtrude, outbred, turboed

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*doubt" (r*dout"), n. Etym: [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus. See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, R, Ridotto.] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [Written also redout.]

Re*doubt", v. t. Etym: [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt.]

Definition: To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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