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.
Phrases and idioms:
reverberating furnace a furnace constructed to throw heat back on to the substance exposed to it.
Derivatives:
reverberant adj. reverberantly adv. reverberation n. reverberative adj. reverberator n. reverberatory adj.
Etymology: L reverberare (as RE-, verberare lash f. verbera (pl.) scourge)