Redoubles

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To repeat something by saying or doing it again or to greatly increase or intensify an action or effort
2. To do something a second time or to make a stronger or more intense effort
3. To duplicate an action or expression or to markedly enhance the degree or amount of something

Etymology: "Redoubles" is the third-person singular present form of "redouble," so it is the verb's ordinary present-tense ending, and the root verb is the thing to explain. "Redouble" came into English from Middle French "redoubler," which is built from the prefix "re-" and "doubler," meaning to double. The sense is literal in origin: to fold something back on itself or make it twice as great, and the English verb kept that doubling idea while picking up the figurative sense of intensifying an effort. Its meaning of repeating an action also grows naturally from the notion of doing something a second time.

Synonyms: intensifies, reinforces, heightens, amplifies, magnifies

Antonyms: diminishes, reduces, weakens, lessens, decreases