resound means to make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
resound is pronounced /ɹɪˈzaʊnd/.
Why “resound” is a great word
RESOUND — [Verb] To echo or ring loudly and reverberatingly, as a sound or a place filled with sound. From Middle English resounen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French resoner, from Latin resonāre, from re- ("again") + sonō ("to sound"). Unlike "resonate," which implies a deep, sympathetic vibration, or "echo," which denotes a precise acoustic reflection, *resound* captures the raw, volumetric fact of sound filling a space. It is the great bell shaking the empty tower, the stadium's roar held under a concrete bowl, and the cannon-fire across a valley—a declaration of air being occupied, then occupied again, until the silence itself seems to have a memory.
Etymology
From both of the following:
* From Late Middle English resounen (“to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman resoner, resouner [and other forms], Middle French resoner, and Old French resoner (“to make a (deep or echoing) sound; of sounds: to echo; to ring; of one’s name or actions: to be frequently recounted; of a place: to re-echo or ring with sound”) (modern French résonner), from Latin resonāre, the present active infinitive of resonō (“to ring or sound again, re-echo, resound; to call repeatedly; to give back the sound of (something), re-echo or resound (something)”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sonō (“to make a noise, resound, sound; to sound (something); to speak or utter (somet
verb
- To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly.“VVith noyſe vvhereof the quyre of Byrds reſounded / their anthemes ſvveet devized of loues prayſe, / that all the vvoods theyr ecchoes back rebounded, / as if they knevv the meaning of their layes.”
- Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo.“The foreſt wide is fitter to reſound / The hollow Echo of my carefull cryes, […]”
- To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.“This is the famous Promontory of Sigeum, honored vvith the ſepulcher of Achilles, vvhich Alexander (viſiting it in his Aſian expedition) couered vvith flovvers, and ranne naked about it, as then the cuſtome vvas in funerals: ſacrificing to the ghoſt of his kinſman, vvhom he reputed moſt happie, that had ſuch a trumpet as Homer, to reſound his vertues.”
- To repeat (another's words, opinions, etc.).“As far as the immediate area, [the greatest anti-gay influence] has got to be the Church; it's definitely the Mormon Church. You know the current Moral Majority movement seems to be a likening to that. You know many Mormons may not like Reverend Falwell, but they'll certainly resound his sentiments.”
- Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise.“The street resounded with the noise of the children’s game.”
- Of a sound, a voice, etc.: to reverberate; to ring.“[W]hen thoſe pittifull outcries he [Proteus] heard, / Through all the ſeas ſo ruefully reſovvnd, / His charett ſvvifte in haſt he thether ſteard, […]”
noun
- An echoing or reverberating sound; a resounding.“Presently, out of the turmoil, the fighting of horses, the resound of blows, the murky cloud of dust and sand, he crawled, in time to see the Corinthian and Byzantine go on down the course after Ben-Hur, who had not been an instant delayed.”
- The quality of echoing or reverberating; resonance.“And you ô trees (if any life there lies / In trees) now though your porous barkes receave / The straunge resounde of these my causeful cries: […]”