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reverberate definition

re·ver·ber·ate (-bə rāt′; for adj., -bə rit)

transitive verb reverberated -·at′ed, reverberating -·at′·ing

  1. to cause (a sound) to reecho
    1. to reflect (light, etc.)
    2. to deflect (heat, flame, etc.), as in a reverberatory furnace
  2. to subject to treatment in a reverberatory furnace or the like

Etymology: < L reverberatus, pp. of reverberare, to beat back, repel < re-, again + verberare, to beat < verber, a lash, whip, akin to verbena

intransitive verb

  1. to reecho or resound
    1. to be reflected, as light or sound waves
    2. to be deflected, as heat or flame in a reverberatory furnace
  2. to recoil; rebound
  3. to have repercussions, as an event or action [a governmental decision reverberating throughout the entire economy]

adjective

Rare reverberated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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