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▪ I. reˈsounding, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. resound.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. xii. (E.E.T.S.) 107 Þere he temprede hys blaundissyng songes by resounyng of hys strenges. 1483Caxton Cato a vj b, Whan the husbond herde the noyse and resownyng of the stone within the water [etc.]. 1611Coryat Crudities 27 Vpon the resounding of the Eccho there seemed three to sound together. 1626Bacon Sylva §817 The Resounding of the Sea vpon the Shoare, And the Murmur of Winds in the Woods, without apparent Wind; shew Wind to follow.
▪ II. reˈsounding, ppl. a.|rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That resounds or re-echoes; sonorous. Also fig.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. met. xii. (Chaucer Soc.) 15 There he temprede hise blaundyssynge songes by resownynge strenges. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol. 49 The werbles of his resownyng harpe Appese dyde the bitter wyrdys scharpe. 1601Holland Pliny xi. xix, They feare mightily that resounding noise, comming with a double stroke. 1634Milton Comus 243 So maist thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heav'ns Harmonies. 1733Pope Ess. Man iii. 155 In the same temple, the resounding wood, All vocal beings hymn'd their equal God. 1794T. J. Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 429 In the resounding language of the poet of Panopolis. 1860Tyndall Glaciers ii. xxv. 362 A perpendicular shaft..into which a resounding cataract discharged itself. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 542 A village that enjoyed the spacious and resounding name of Rumpochembo, from a celebrated chief. 1977Guardian Weekly 4 Sept. 16/1 The Federal Energy Administration..says that in the month ending in mid-August, American oil consumption was up a resounding 8 per cent over the same time last year.
Hence reˈsoundingly adv.
1611Cotgr., Resonnamment, resoundingly, lowdly,..melodiously. 1885D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold III. vi. ii. 196 He suffered both hands to fall resoundingly upon his thighs. 1889Herring & Ross Irish Cousin iii. i, She also began by kissing it resoundingly. |