resound

resound is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
  2. 2.To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . resounds back to them again." South.
  3. 3.To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.
  4. 4.To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
  5. 5.To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate. Albion's cliffs resound the rurPope.
  6. 6.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.
  7. 7.Return of sound; echo. Beaumont.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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