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REVERBERATE
reverberate
(verb) treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; “reverberate ore”
bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”
reflect, reverberate
(verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface); “Sound is reflected well in this auditorium”
reverberate
(verb) be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; “the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building”
resound, echo, ring, reverberate
(verb) ring or echo with sound; “the hall resounded with laughter”
reverberate
(verb) have a long or continuing effect; “The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reverberate (third-person singular simple present reverberates, present participle reverberating, simple past and past participle reverberated)
(intransitive) To ring or sound with many echos.
(intransitive) to have a lasting effect
(intransitive) to repeatedly return
To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
To send or force back; to repel from side to side.
To fuse by reverberated heat.
(intransitive) to rebound or recoil
(intransitive) to shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.)
(obsolete) to shine or glow (on something) with reflected light
Adjective
reverberate (comparative more reverberate, superlative most reverberate)
reverberant
Driven back, as sound; reflected.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ver"ber*ate, a. Etym: [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.
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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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