4. reverberate to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.
5. reverberate to have a lingeringeffect or impact: The layoffs reverberated throughout the company.
6. (v.t.)reverberate to reecho (sound).
7. reverberate to castback or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
8. reverberate to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
9. (adj.)reverberate reverberant.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L reverberātus, ptp. of reverberāre to strike back, repel =re-re - +verberāre to beat, lash, der. of verber whip; see -ate1)
Definition of 'reverberate'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)resound, echo, ring, reverberate ring or echo with sound "the hall resounded with laughter"
2. (verb)reverberate have a long or continuing effect "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
3. (verb)reverberate be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
4. (verb)reflect, reverberate to throw or bendback (from a surface) "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
5. (verb)bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet spring back; spring away from an impact "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
6. (verb)reverberate treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace "reverberate ore"
Definition of 'reverberate'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)reverberate reverberant
2. (adj)reverberate driven back, as sound; reflected
3. (verb)reverberate to return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat
4. (verb)reverberate to send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace
5. (verb)reverberate hence, to fuse by reverberated heat
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