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Coryat, Crudities, I. 36, sig. D. resounder (rē-zoun'dėr), n. One who or that which resounds; specifically, a monotelephone. [OF. resource, res resource (rē-sōrs'), n. sourse, res source, F. res source , dial. resorse ( = It. risorsa ), a source, spring. resourdre (pp. resours , fem. resourse ), resurgere , rise again, spring up anew: see resourd, resurgent, and cf. source .] 1. Any source of aid or sup means yet untried; resort. Pallas, who, with disdain and grief, had view'd His foes pursuing, and his friends pursued, Used threatenings mix'd with prayers, his last resource . Dryden, Æneid, x. 512. When women engage in any art or trade, it is usually as a resource , not as a primary object. Emerson , Woman. 2. pl . Pecuniary means; funds; money or any property that can be converted into supplies; means of raising money or supplies. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources . Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. 3. pl . Available means or capabilities of any kind. He always had the full command of all the resources of one of the most fertile minds that ever existed. Macaulay , Warren Hastings,