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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVERB'ERATE, v.t. [l. reverbero; re and verbero, to beat.]
1. To return, as sound; to send back; to echo; as, an arch reverberates the voice.
2. To send or beat back; to repel; to reflect; as, to reverberate rays of light
3. To send or drive back; to repel from side to side; as flame reverberated in a furnace.
REVERB'ERATE, v.i.
1. To be driven back; to be repelled, as rays of light, or sound.
2. To resound.
And even at hand, a drum is ready brac'd, that shall reverberate all as well as thine.
REVERB'ERATE, a. Reverberant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
2: have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
3: be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
4: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate]
5: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]
6: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare, from re- + verberare to lash, from verber rod — more at vervain Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. reflect 2. repel 3. echo intransitive verb 1. a. to become driven back b. to become reflected 2. to continue in or as if in a series of echoes ; resound <an historic event that still reverberates today> II. adjective Date: 1603 reverberant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 a intr. (of sound, light, or heat) be returned or echoed or reflected repeatedly. b tr. return (a sound etc.) in this way. 2 intr. (of a story, rumour, etc.) be heard much or repeatedly. Phrases and idioms: reverberating furnace a furnace constructed to throw heat back on to the substance exposed to it. Derivatives: reverberant adj. reverberantly adv. reverberation n. reverberative adj. reverberator n. reverberatory adj. Etymology: L reverberare (as RE-, verberare lash f. verbera (pl.) scourge)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.] 1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again. --Shak. 2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. 3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] ``Reverberated into glass.'' --Sir T. Browne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, v. i. 1. To resound; to echo. 2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reverberate Re*ver"ber*ate, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.] 1. Reverberant. [Obs.] ``The reverberate hills.'' --Shak. 2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reverberates, reverberating, reverberated) 1. When a loud sound reverberates through a place, it echoes through it. The sound of the tank guns reverberated through the little Bavarian town... A woman's shrill laughter reverberated in the courtyard. VERB: V prep, V 2. You can say that an event or idea reverberates when it has a powerful effect which lasts a long time. The controversy surrounding the take-over yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry... The news sent shock waves through the community that have continued to reverberate to this day. VERB: V prep, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Echo, re-echo, send back, return. 2. Reflect, send back, cast back. II. v. n. Resound, echo, re-echo.

Moby Thesaurus

acknowledge, answer, answer back, be reflected, be sent back, boom, bounce back, come again, come back, come back at, come up again, echo, echo back, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, go back, keep coming, react, reappear, rebound, recur, reecho, rejoin, reoccur, repeat, reply, resound, respond, resume, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, revert, riposte, roll, rumble, say, say in reply, send back, shoot back, sound, talk back