v. 1 a intr. (of sound, light, or heat) be returned or echoed or reflected repeatedly. b tr. return (a sound etc.) in this way. 2 intr. (of a story, rumour, etc.) be heard much or repeatedly. reverberating furnace a furnace constructed to throw heat back on to the substance exposed to it. reverberant adj. reverberantly adv. reverberation n. reverberative adj. reverberator n. reverberatory adj.
[ L reverberare (as RE-, verberare lash f. verbera (pl.) scourge) ]