REVERBERATE


Meaning of REVERBERATE in English

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>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.