RESOUNDS

Verb

resounds

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resound

Anagrams

• dourness, sounders

Source: Wiktionary


RESOUND

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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