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Definitions for: Reverberate
[v] treat, process, heatl, metl, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"
[v] spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
[v] to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
[v] be reflected, as of heat, sound, or light waves
[v] ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[v] have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*ver"ber*ate, a. [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.
Synonyms: bounce, bound, echo, rebound, recoil, reflect, resile, resound, ricochet, ring, spring, take a hop
See Also: bong, bound off, carom, consonate, die hard, endure, glance, go, jump, kick, kick back, leap, mirror, persist, prevail, process, reecho, run, skip, sound, treat
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