Pronunciation: -b ə - ˌ r ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -at · ed ; -at · ing
Etymology: Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare, from re- + verberare to lash, from verber rod ― more at VERVAIN
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : REFLECT
2 : REPEL
3 : ECHO
intransitive verb
1 a : to become driven back b : to become reflected
2 : to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : RESOUND <an historic event that still reverberate s today>