About The Word Reverberate
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Reverberate
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reverberate: bounce | bound | echo | rebound | recoil | reflect | resile | resound | ricochet | ring | spring | take a hop Related Terms | Find terms related to Reverberate: 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 Reverberate In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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