01 a. Reverberant.
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Reverberant.[Obs.]
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Driven back, as sound; reflected.[Obs.]
Entry
7 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Reverberate
02 v. t. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
imp. & p. p.
Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reverberating
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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.
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To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
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Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.[Obs.]
03 v. i. To resound; to echo.
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To resound; to echo.
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To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.