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reverberate

1. re.ver.ber.ate \-b*-.ra-t\ vb [L reverberatus, pp. of reverberare, fr. 
   re- + verberareX to lash, fr. verber rod - more at VERVAIN 1: to force back 
   : as  1a: REPEL  1b: ECHO {~ sound}  1c: REFLECT {~ light or heat}  2: to 
   subject to the action of a reverberatory furnace  1a: to become driven back 
    1b: to become reflected  2: to continue in or as if in a series of echoes 
   : RESOUND 
2. re.ver.ber.ate \-b(*-)r*t\ aj : REVERBERATED, REVERBERANT {~ sound}