Definition for RE-SOUND'

RE-SOUND', v.t. [s as z. L. resono; re and sono, to sound; Fr. resonner; It. risuonare; Sp. resonar.]

  1. To send back sound; to echo. And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay. – Pope.
  2. To sound; to praise or celebrate with the voice or the sound of instruments. – Milton.
  3. To praise; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of. The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd, / Long exercis'd in woes, O muse, resound. – Pope.

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