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re-sound

American

[ree-sound] / riˈsaʊnd /

verb (used with or without object)

to sound again.

re-sound British

/ riːˈsaʊnd /

verb

to sound or cause to sound again

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Etymology

Origin of re-sound

First recorded in 1895–1900; re- + sound ¹

Example Sentences

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Some analysts have started to re-sound alarm bells about the future of the theater business.

From New York Times

The Birth of a Nation, Gone With the Wind and The Sound of Music were the up-to-their-time top grossers, but there was no Re-Birth, Re-Wind or Re-Sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no lack of communication between men: voices sound and re-sound over wire and air.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cool brake, a cool brake not a success not a re-sound a re-sound and a little pan with a yell oh yes so yet change, famous, a green a green colored oak, a handsome excursion, a really handsome log, a regulation to exchange oars, a regulation or more press more precise cold pieces, more yet in the teeth within the teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

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