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
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