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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Reverberate

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
 : 
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Reverberate has 6 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Reverberatea. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.].
  •  Reverberant.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Driven back, as sound; reflected.  Drayton.  [1913 Webster]
Reverberatev. t. 
  •  To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.  [1913 Webster]
    "Who, like an arch, reverberates
    The voice again.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
Reverberatev. i. 
  •  To resound; to echo.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Reverberate, 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.

Idiom
reverberating furnace a furnace constructed to throw heat back on to the substance exposed to it.
Derivative
reverberant adj. reverberantly adv. reverberation n. reverberative adj. reverberator n. reverberatory adj.
Etymology
L reverberare (as RE-, verberare lash f. verbera (pl.) scourge)

THESAURUS

Reverberate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Reverberate

Recoil

VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.

Resonance

VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.

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