The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Who, like an arch, reverberates
            The voice again.                      --Shak.
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   2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
      flame is reverberated in a furnace.
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   3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated
      into glass." --Sir T. Browne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reverberate \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.
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   2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. i.
   1. To resound; to echo.
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   2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of
      light; to be echoed, as sound.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reverberate
    v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
         [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
    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 (from a surface); "Sound is reflected
       well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate]
    5: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
       bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
       they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
       spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
       ricochet]
    6: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory
       furnace; "reverberate ore"