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re-sound

[ree-sound]
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to sound again.
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Origin of re-sound

First recorded in 1895–1900; re- + sound1
Can be confusedre-sound resound

resound

[ri-zound]
verb (used without object)
  1. to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
  2. to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic object: A gong resounded.
  3. to ring or be echoed, as sounds.
  4. to be celebrated or notably important: His name resounds in the pages of history.
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verb (used with object)
  1. to reecho (a sound).
  2. to give forth or utter loudly.
  3. to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).
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Origin of resound

1350–1400; Middle English resounen < Middle French resoner < Latin resonāre, equivalent to re- re- + sonāre to sound1
Can be confusedrebound redound resoundre-sound resound
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Examples from the Web for resounded

Historical Examples

  • The three were brought forth into the yard, together, as it resounded through the air.

    Barnaby Rudge

    Charles Dickens

  • The pulpit of St. Saturnin resounded with his bursts of eloquence.

    Doctor Pascal

    Emile Zola

  • "That's your zort, measter Tiller," resounded from all the voices round the table.

    The English Spy

    Bernard Blackmantle

  • Asia resounded with the insurrection of the Jews, and the massacre of the Seljuks.

    Alroy

    Benjamin Disraeli

  • The uncle immediately whistled so loud that it resounded from all sides.

    Heidi

    Johanna Spyri

British Dictionary definitions for resounded

resound

verb (intr)
  1. to ring or echo with sound; reverberatethe hall resounded with laughter
  2. to make a prolonged echoing noisethe trumpet resounded
  3. (of sounds) to echo or ring
  4. to be widely famoushis achievements resounded throughout India
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Word Origin

C14: from Old French resoner, from Latin resonāre to sound again

re-sound

verb
  1. to sound or cause to sound again
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Word Origin and History for resounded

resound

v.

late 14c., resownen, from Old French resoner "reverberate" (12c., Modern French résonner), from Latin resonare "sound again, resound, echo," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + sonare "to sound" (see sonata). Spelling influenced from mid-15c. by sound (v.). Related: Resounded; resounding.

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