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reverberate

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re⋅ver⋅ber⋅ate

  [v. ri-vur-buh-reyt; adj. ri-vur-ber-it] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective
Use reverberate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house.
2. Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
3. to rebound or recoil.
4. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.
–verb (used with object)
5. to echo back or reecho (sound).
6. to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
7. to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
–adjective
8. reverberant.
Origin:
1540–50; < L reverberātus (ptp. of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅ver⋅ber⋅a⋅tive  [ri-vur-buh-rey-tiv, -ber-uh-] , adjective
re⋅ver⋅ber⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. carry, ring, rebound, vibrate.
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re·ver·ber·ate   (rĭ-vûr'bə-rāt')   
v.   re·ver·ber·at·ed, re·ver·ber·at·ing, re·ver·ber·ates

v.   intr.

  1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho.

  2. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.

  3. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.

  4. To be forced or driven back; recoil or rebound.

v.   tr.

  1. To reecho (a sound). See Synonyms at echo.

  2. To reflect (heat or light) repeatedly.

  3. To drive or force back; repel.

  4. To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.


[Latin reverberāre, reverberāt-, to repel : re-, re- + verberāre, to beat (from verber, whip; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots).]
re·ver'ber·a·tor n.
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