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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

resound
    v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
         [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
    2: emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Re-sound \Re-sound"\ (r?*sound"), v. t. & i. [Pref. re- +
   sound.]
   To sound again or anew.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] [OE. resounen,
   OF. resoner, F. r['e]sonner, 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.
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   2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound
      with song.
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   3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . .
      . resounds back to them again." --South.
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   4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton.
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   5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth
      resounded with his praise.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resound \Re*sound"\, v. t.
   1. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to
      reverberate.
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            Albion's cliffs resound the rur??ay.  --Pope.
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   2. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of
      instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
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            The man for wisdom's various arts renowned,
            Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. --Pope.
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   Syn: To echo; reecho; reverberate; sound.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resound \Re*sound"\, n.
   Return of sound; echo. --Beaumont.
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Thesaurus Results for resound:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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