Reverberate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ).eɪt/

Origin

• From Latin verbero ("to beat").

Full definition of reverberate

Verb

1. (intransitive) to ring with many echos
2. (intransitive) to have a lasting effect
3. (intransitive) to repeatedly return
4. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
• Shakespearewho, like an arch, reverberates the voice again
5. To send or force back; to repel from side to side.Flame is reverberated in a furnace.
6. To fuse by reverberated heat.
• Sir Thomas Brownereverberated into glass
7. (intransitive) to rebound or recoil
8. (intransitive) to shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.)
9. (obsolete) to shine or glow (on something) with reflected light

Related terms

• reverberation

Adjective

1. reverberant
• Shakespearethe reverberate hills
2. Driven back, as sound; reflected.----