To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. Sir I. Newton.
To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.
The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.
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