— reverberative /ri verr"beuh ray'tiv, -beuhr euh-/ , adj. — reverberator , n.
v. /ri verr"beuh rayt'/ ; adj. /ri verr"beuhr it/ , v. , reverberated, reverberating , adj.
v.i.
1. to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house.
2. Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
3. to rebound or recoil.
4. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.
v.t.
5. to echo back or reecho (sound).
6. to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
7. to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
adj.
8. reverberant.
[ 1540-50; reverberatus (ptp. of reverberare to strike back). See REVERBERANT, -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. carry, ring, rebound, vibrate.