VERBERATE

Etymology

Verb

verberate (third-person singular simple present verberates, present participle verberating, simple past and past participle verberated)

(obsolete, transitive) To beat; to strike.

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Anagrams

• reverbate, vertebrae, vertebræ

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"ber*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. verberatus, p. p. of verberare to beat, from verber a lash, a whip.]

Definition: To beat; to strike. [Obs.] "The sound . . . rebounds again and verberates the skies." Mir. for Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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