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resounding

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  resounding 
  adj  :  characterized  by  reverberation;  "a  resonant  voice";  "hear 
  the  rolling  thunder"  [syn:  {resonant},  {resonating},  {reverberating}, 
  {reverberative},  {rolling}]




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