re|ver|ber|ate

re|ver|ber|ate
re|ver|ber|ate «verb. rih VUR buh rayt; adjective. rih VUR buh riht», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, adjective.
–v.i.
1. to echo back: »

His deep, rumbling voice reverberates from the high ceiling.

2. to b cast back; be reflected a number of times, as light or heat.
3. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.
–v.t.
1. to reecho (a sound or noise).
2. to cast back; reflect (light or heat).
3. to deflect (flame or heat) on something, as in a reverberatory furnace.
–adj.
that reverberates; reverberant.
╂[< Latin reverberāre (with English -ate1) beat back < re- back + verberāre to beat < verber, -eris (originally) whip, lash]

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