reverberate
- 1) verb, to resound or re-echo
- 2) verb, to reflect or be reflected many times
- 3) verb, to rebound or recoil
- 4) verb, (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
- 5) verb, to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace
Etymology
C16: from Latin reverberāre to strike back, from re- + verberāre to beat, from verber a lash
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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echo, ring, resonance, resounding, vibration, re-echo, echo, ring, resound, vibrate, re-echo