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Rebound


REBOUND', verb intransitive

To spring back; to start back; to be reverberated by an elastic power resisting force or impulse impressed; as a rebounding echo.

Bodies absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

REBOUND', verb transitive To drive back; to reverberate.

Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound

REBOUND', noun The act of flying back in resistance of the impulse of another body; resilience.

Put back as from a rock with swift rebound