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Webster 1913 Edition

Resound

Re-sound′

(r?-zound′)
,
Verb.
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
.

Re-sound′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
Albion’s cliffs
resound
the rur[GREEK][GREEK]ay.
Pope.
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; reecho; reverberate; sound.

Re-sound′

,
Noun.
Return of sound; echo.
Beaumont.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resound

RESOUND'

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. resono; re and sono, to sound.]
1.
To send back sound; to echo.
And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay.
2.
To sound; to praise or celebrate with the voice or the sound of instruments.
3.
To praise; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
The man for wisdom;s various arts renown'd, long exercis'd in woes, O muse, resound.

RESOUND'

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound; as, common fame resounds back to them.
2.
To be much and loudly mentioned.

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