I. -bə-ˌrāt verb
( -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
II. -b(ə-)rət adjective
Date: 1603
: reverberant