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reverberate(dictionary)

reverberate (iou)



reverberate verb. . L15.
[Latin reverberat- pa. ppl stem of reverberare, formed as RE- + verberare strike, beat, from verbera rods, scourge: see -ATE3.]
I. verb trans.
Beat, drive, or force back; dissipate, dispel. L15-L18.
Of light: dazzle, light up. rare. L15-M16.
Cause to re-echo or resound, reflect (light, heat, etc.), esp. repeatedly. L16.
J. Ruskin The full glory of a tropical sunset, reverberated from the sea. N. Hawthorne The..gun thundered..and was reverberated from the heights. Nature The intensity of the radiation being reverberated in the cavity.
Direct, deflect, or force (flame, heat, etc.) back (up)on. E17.
Subject to the heat of a reverberatory furnace. E17.
II. verb intrans.
Shine or reflect (from a surface etc.), esp. repeatedly. Now rare. L16.
Resound, re-echo; continue sounding as if being re-echoed; fig. have continued effects, be heard much or repeatedly. E17.
W. S. Churchill Bright's thundering speeches..reverberated through the nation. P. Ackroyd The shouts and cries of the prison reverberate around him. P. Gardiner The traumatic incidents..continued to reverberate in his memory.
Recoil, rebound, now esp. with a reverberating sound. E18.
D. Leavitt Louise throws down her fork; it..reverberates against the table.
Of flame etc.: be directed, deflected, or forced back on, over, etc. E18.
Phrases: reverberating furnace a reverberatory furnace.