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Pronunciation : Re*ver"ber*ate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
Definition : 1. Reverberant. [Obs.] "The reverberate hills." Shak.

2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*ver"ber*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*ver"ber*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To resound; to echo.

2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913