Resound \Re*sound"\, n. Return of sound; echo. --Beaumont.
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.
Resound \Re*sound"\, v. t. 1. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
Albion's cliffs resound the rur??ay. --Pope.
2. 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.
Syn: To echo; re["e]cho; reverberate; sound.
Their rallies resound with political battle cries such as "One Single Army," a slogan expressing the revolutionary goal of melding the people, the party and the military into a united armed force.
But with the Soviets loosening their grip on Eastern Europe, domestic programs clamoring for cash and a nagging budget deficit, calls are guaranteed to resound in Congress for substantial defense reductions.