Dictionary entry

Resound

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐sound″ (r?‐zound″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Resounding.] [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.