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reverberant

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re⋅ver⋅ber⋅ant

  [ri-vur-ber-uhnt]
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–adjective
reverberating; reechoing: the reverberant booms of cannon.
Origin:
1565–75; < L reverberant- (s. of reverberāns), prp. of reverberāre, equiv. to re- re- + verber(āre) to beat, lash (deriv. of verber whip) + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
re⋅ver⋅ber⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
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re·ver·ber·ant   (rĭ-vûr'bər-ənt)   
adj.  

  1. Having a tendency to reverberate.

  2. Characterized by reverberation; resounding.

re·ver'ber·ant·ly adv.
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