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reverberate

re·ver·be·rate

UK/ɹɪˈvɜːbəɹət/ US/ɹəˈvɜɹbəɹət/ uncommon archaic obsolete rare

verb

1.

ring or echo with sound

  • “the hall resounded with laughter”
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2.

have a long or continuing effect

  • “The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life”
3.

be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves

  • “the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building”
4.

to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface)

  • “A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person”
  • “;”
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5.

spring back; spring away from an impact

  • “The rubber ball bounced”
  • “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”
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6.

treat, process, heatl, metl, or refine in a reverberating furnace

  • “reverberate ore”

Origin

Borrowed from Latin reverberātus, perfect passive participle of reverberō (“to rebound; to reflect; to repel”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), whence Middle French reverberer (French réverbérer) and Middle English reverberen (“to send back”)), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) and verberō (“to beat; to lash, whip”) (from verber (“rod; lash, whip”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

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