Category:Resound

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.

Resound 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.

Resound Re*sound", n.

Defn: return of sound; echo. Beaumont.