resound

English

Etymology 1

re- + sound

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɹiːˈsaʊnd/
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Verb

resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To echo (a sound) or again sound.
    • 1992, Health Devices, volume 21, page 117:
      Any new alarms, from any patient, will resound the alarm tone.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English resownen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonare (sound again, resound, echo)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɨˈzaʊnd/
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Verb

resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded)

  1. (intransitive) To reverberate with sound or noise.
    The street resounded with the noise of the children's game.
  2. (intransitive) To make a reverberating sound.
    The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.
  3. (transitive) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
    • Alexander Pope
      Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay.
  4. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
    • Alexander Pope
      The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, / Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound.
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