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RESOUND
resound, echo, ring, reverberate
(verb) ring or echo with sound; “the hall resounded with laughter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded)
(ambitransitive) To echo (a sound) or again sound.
Noun
resound (plural resounds)
An echoing or reverberating sound.
Etymology 2
Verb
resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded)
(intransitive) To reverberate with sound or noise.
(intransitive) To make a reverberating sound.
(intransitive) To be much mentioned.
(transitive) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
(transitive) To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
Anagrams
• Oresund, enduros, sounder, undoers, unsored
Source: Wiktionary
Re-sound" (r*sound"), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + sound.]
Definition: To sound again or anew.
Re*sound" (r*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] Etym: [OE. resounen, OF. resoner, F. résonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]
1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . resounds back to them again." South.
4. To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.
5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
Re*sound", v. t.
1. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate. Albion's cliffs resound the rurPope.
2. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of. The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. Pope.
Syn.
– To echo; reëcho; reverberate; sound.
Re*sound", n.
Definition: Return of sound; echo. Beaumont.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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