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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.
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Reverberate
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adjective
Origin:
1540–50; < Latin reverberātus (past participle of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, -ate1
1540–50; < Latin reverberātus (past participle of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, -ate1
Related forms
re·ver·ber·a·tor, noun
un·re·ver·ber·at·ed, adjective
un·re·ver·ber·at·ing, adjective
un·re·ver·ber·a·tive, adjective
Synonyms
1. carry, ring, rebound, vibrate.
1. carry, ring, rebound, vibrate.
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