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reverberating Definition


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reverberate
verb reverberated, reverberating
    intr
    1. Said of a sound, light, heat, etc: to be echoed, repeated or reflected repeatedly.
      Thesaurus: echo, resound, vibrate, ring, rebound, recoil, re-echo.
    2. To echo, repeat or reflect (a sound, light, etc) repeatedly.
    intr
    3. Said of a story, scandal, etc: to circulate or be repeated many times.
    4. metallurgy.
      To heat (a metal, ore, etc) in a reverberatory furnace.
Derivative: reverberant
adj
    Resonant; reverberating.
Derivative: reverberantly
adverb
    Derivative: reverberation
    noun
      A repeated echoing of sound
        Thesaurus: echo, resonance, resounding, vibration.
    Derivative: reverberative
      Tending to reverberate.
      Like a reverberation.
    Derivative: reverberator
    noun
      Derivative: reverberatory
      adj
        Etymology: 16c: from Latin reverberare, reverberatum to beat back.



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