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English Dictionary: resounding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resounding
adj
  1. characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
    Synonym(s): resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Resounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resounding}.] [OE. resounen,
      OF. resoner, F. r[82]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. [bd]Common fame .
            . . resounds back to them again.[b8] --South.
  
      4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton.
  
      5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth
            resounded with his praise.
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