reecho

reecho
/ree ek"oh/, v., reechoed, reechoing, n., pl. reechoes.
v.i.
1. to echo back, as a sound.
2. to give back an echo; resound.
v.t.
3. to echo back.
4. to repeat like an echo.
n.
5. a repeated echo.
Also, re-echo.
[1580-90; RE- + ECHO]

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