reverberate
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (6)
- ring or echo with sound“the hall resounded with laughter”Synonyms: resoundechoring
- have a long or continuing effect“The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life”
- be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves“the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building”
- to throw or bend back (from a surface)“Sound is reflected well in this auditorium”Synonyms: reflect
- spring back; spring away from an impact“The rubber ball bounced”“These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”Synonyms: bounceresiletake a hopspringboundreboundrecoilricochet
- treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace“reverberate ore”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. [1913 Webster]
3.Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated into glass." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2.Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. i.
1.To resound; to echo. [1913 Webster]
2.To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound. [1913 Webster]