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Webster 1913 Edition


Resonant

Res′o-nant

(-nant)
,
Adj.
[L.
resonans
, p. pr. of
resonare
to resound: cf. F.
résonnant
. See
Resound
.]
1.
Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were
resonant
with female parties of young and old.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Resonant

RES'ONANT

,
Adj.
[L. resonans; re and sono, to sound.] Resounding; returning sound; echoing back.