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Pronunciation : Ech"o
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. echo, Gr. va to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. ?cho.]
Definition : 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Pope.

2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. Fuller. Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. R. L. Stevenson.

pl. Echoes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ech"o
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. Keble.

2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they Macaulay.

t. [imp. & p. p. Echoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes (.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ech"o
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." Blackmore.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913