Category:Reverberate

Re*ver"ber*ate, a. Etym: [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.

Reverberate 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.

Reverberate 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.