Resound Definition

rĭ-zound
resounded, resounding, resounds
verb
resounded, resounds
To echo or be filled with sound; reverberate.
Webster's New World
To make a loud, echoing, or prolonged sound.
Webster's New World
To give back (sound); echo.
Webster's New World
To be echoed; be repeated or prolonged.
Webster's New World
To be celebrated; be extolled.
An act that resounded through the ages.
Webster's New World

Origin of Resound

  • Alteration (influenced by sound) of Middle English resounen from Old French resoner from Latin resonāre re- re- sonāre to sound swen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • re- +"Ž sound

    From Wiktionary

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