Sekirov Dictionary

redoubt

/ɹɪˈdaʊt/

noun 3
verb 2
/ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/ noun 1
/ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/ verb 1
forms 3

noun3

A small, temporary, military fortification.
A reinforced refuge; a fort.
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A place of safety or refuge.
- To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes. — 2014

verb2

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To fortify, to make into a stronghold.
- I have been employed from the day of action to that of the capitulation, in redoubting our Camp beyond insult — 1815
(no longer used) To dread.

redoubt

/ˌɹiːˈdaʊt/

noun1

(rare) The return of doubt.

verb1

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(rare) To doubt again.
- "At first we didn't think it was Annabelle. We doubted and redoubted it. But we're almost certain it was now, although there is a difference in her voice." — 1951

forms

redoubted · redoubting · redoubts

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