Re*ver"ber*ate (?), a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
1.
Reverberant.
[Obs.] "The
reverberate hills."
Shak.
2.
Driven back, as sound; reflected.
[Obs.]
Drayton.
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Re*ver"ber*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverberated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1.
To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again.
Shak.
2.
To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
3.
Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.
[Obs.] "
Reverberated into glass."
Sir T. Browne.
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Re*ver"ber*ate, v. i.
1.
To resound; to echo.
2.
To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.
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