To contribute or have an effect… redound Use the verb redound in formal situations to mean “contribute” or “have an effect.” You could tell your friend that his patience with unruly children will redound to his reputation as a good school bus driver. Redound shows up only in the most formal speech and writing, but it’s a…
Translating into coded form. encipher To encipher is to take a piece of information or a message and translate it into a coded form. You can encipher a note to your friend by replacing the letters with specific numbers. If your friend enciphers an email before sending it, you’ll need to know what code they used…
It’s been said that a moment can either make you or break you. Life is full of them and it has become even more apparent to me that it is what we make of them that can either make or break us into better versions of ourselves. It is a matter of taking it…
