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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
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
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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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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