/ri zownd"/ , v.i.
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.
v.t.
5. to reecho (a sound).
6. to give forth or utter loudly.
7. to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).
[ 1350-1400; ME resounen resoner resonare, equiv. to re- RE- + sonare to SOUND 1 ]