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Resonates

[rez-uh-neyt] Origin

res·o·nate

[rez-uh-neyt] verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to resound.
2.
to act as a resonator; exhibit resonance.
3.
Electronics. to reinforce oscillations because the natural frequency of the device is the same as the frequency of the source.
4.
to amplify vocal sound by the sympathetic vibration of air in certain cavities and bony structures.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to resound.

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Resonates is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1870–75; < Latin resonātus, past participle of resonāre to resound; see -ate1

res·o·na·tion, noun
un·res·o·nat·ing, adjective
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resonate
1873, from L. resonatum, pp. of resonare (see resonance). Literal at first; fig. sense, of feelings, emotions, etc., by 1978.
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